As flood situation has further improved in the Brahmaputra basin, many displaced people in the northern districts have started to return homes.
The people of the districts have lost their belongings, including the Aman paddy and other seasonal crops, due to the flood that lasted over nearly three weeks. They are now passing their days in hardship and without any work.
The submerged crops include growing fields of Transplanted Aman on 66,378 hectares of land, Aman seedbed on 973 hectares, ripe Aus on 4,839 hectares, vegetables on 1,919 hectares, Buna Aman on 4,225 hectares and other crops on 255 hectares of land.
As reported, over two million people in 19 districts have been facing serious crisis as they lost their earning sources with the loss of crops in the fields. They need immediate interest-free loans and other assistance to recover the losses caused by the floods.
There is no flood now in Nilphamari, Rangpur and Lalmonirhat, and the situation has been improving fast in Kurigram, Gaibandha, Bogra and Sirajganj districts though complete normalcy will return in the low-lying char areas by the next couple of days.
But sporadic erosions of the major rivers and tributaries have been continuing devouring houses with land and properties along the riverside areas with unstable and sandy soil textures at places.
Sources in the Department of Agriculture Extension (DAE) said standing
crops on 78,589 hectares of land were submerged under floodwater this time in seven affected northern districts along the Brahmaputra basin.
Official sources said 10.89 lakh people of 2.78 lakh families have been affected by current flood in these riverside districts where the lood situation continues improving now.
The major rivers and tributaries were flowing below their respective danger mark (DM) at all points, except at Sariakandi, following further recession in their water levels, officials in the Water Development Board (WDB) said.
Official sources and local public representatives said distribution of rice and cash money allocated by the government among the flood- and erosion-hit families has been continuing in full swing in affected areas of seven northern districts.
Meanwhile, the government has so far allocated 3,700 tonnes of rice and Taka 71.50
lakh for distribution among the flood affected people of Rangpur, Nilphamari,
Lalmonirhat, Kurigram, Gaibandha, Bogra and Sirajganj districts.
Of them, the district administrations have so far allocated 2,532.40 tonnes of rice and Taka 41.40 lakh and upazila administrations in association with local public representatives have been distributing those among the affected people.
