Staff Reporter :
Floods worsened in Jamalpur and Bogra districts affecting more than 70,000 people, according to our correspondents.
The rise in water level in the Jamuna river deteriorated the situation in Jamalpur.
Water Development Board officials said about 20 thousands people in Islampur,Dewanganj, Melandaha, Sarishabari and Madarganj upazilas in the district were affected by the flood water.
They said the Jamuna rose by 3 cm and was flowing 36 cm above the denger level at Bahadurabad Ghat point during the last 24 hours till 12 noon.
Assistant Primary Education Officer of the district M Abdur Razzak said 45 primary schools have been shut down as flood water entered the classrooms.
Health and Family Planning Officer of Islampur upazila Dr AKM Shahidur Rahman said 12 medical teams in union levels and one medical team at Health complex are providing healthcare services to the flood victims.
Islampur Upazila Nirbahi Officer ABM Ahsanul Mamun said around 12,000 people in Kulkandi, Belgachha, Sapdhari, Chinaduly, Noarpara, Patharshi and Islampur sadar union in the upazila were affected by the flood. He said distribution of food and water purifying tablets among the flood victims are continuing. Local people are struggling to protect their houses, markets and mosques from river erosion.
In Bogra, about 50,000 people are marooned in Sariakandi upazila of the district as water level of the Jamuna River kept on rising due to heavy rainfall and onrush of water from the upstream. The water level of the Jamuna increased by five centimetres in last 24 hours and now water is flowing 25 centimetres above the danger level, according to data of the Bangladesh Water Development Board (BWDB).
Sources at Sariakandi Upazila Project Implementation Office said about 50,000 people of 50 villages are marooned as the flood inundated fresh areas.
Besides, 51 primary schools and six secondary schools were inundated, hampering the academic activities of those schools. Meanwhile, one primary school and a madrasha went under flood water due to riverbank erosion at Boirakandi union. Flood water damaged crops of about 3,500 hectares of land, said officials of local Upazila Agricultural Extension Office. Upazila Project Implementation Officer Sarwar Alam said they distributed 20 kg rice among 1000 flood-affected families and they have adequate stock of relief materials to face the flood situation.
