Our Correspondent :
Low-lying areas along the river banks of Lalmonirhat and Kurigram were inundated as river water increased due to incessant rainfall and onrush of upstream water.
For now, the water of all rivers in the two districts including Brahmaputra, Teesta and Dharla were still flowing below the danger level this morning, said Mizanur Rahman, executive engineer of Water Development Board in Lalmonirhat.
But, “incessant rain and onrush water from the upstream may cause rise of water level in rivers. Flood may occur along the riverside in the next 2-3 days,” the engineer said.
The Water Development Board is prepared to evacuate people living in risky areas along the riverside and protect the flood control dykes, he added.
Meanwhile, many houses on the banks of the river and in char areas were flooded and crop fields and roads submerged.
Mostaque Ali (63), a farmer from Khuniagachh village on the bank of the Teesta River in Lalmonirhat Sadar upazila said that river-water flooded their village on Friday morning.
Many homes are now under knee-deep water. If the rains continue, the water level will rise.
Seventy percent of the area in Mahishkhocha Union Parishad in Aditmari upazila of Lalmonirhat is on the bank of the Teesta river, said Mosaddek Hossain Chowdhury, Union Parishad’s chairman. As the Teesta water rose, about 2,000 families in his union were left stranded. At the same time river erosion has taken serious turn in many places, he said.
Manser Ali (60), a farmer from Shimulbari village in Kurigram’s Phulbari upazila, said that 200 families in their village were affected by flash floods from the Dharla river water. The water level has been rising since this morning. The crop fields of the village have been submerged as well.
Delowar Hossain, a farmer from Char Parbati area of Kurigram Sadar upazila, said that the water level of the Brahmaputra River continued to rise. The chars were submerged and they are having to travel by boat. Many homes went under knee-deep water.
