Staff Reporter :
Flood situation in 12 more districts have been deteriorated. Thousands of people have been affected as water continues to rise.
Flood Forecasting and Warning Centre (FFWC) sources said, the ongoing flood situation has been the longest this monsoon and during the last few days, the country’s northern, north-eastern and central parts, and some areas of the upper riparian Indian States of Assam and Meghalaya, faced incessant precipitation.
Besideds, water increased in the rivers of Buriganga, Turag and Shitalakkha.
The flood-affected people in different districts are suffering from water born diseases, crisis of drinking water and sanitation.
Many flood victims had taken shelter on the nearby flood control embankment with their belongings, domestic animals and poultry birds. They were passing their days miserably for want of food and drinking water as the tube wells went under water.
According to FFWC data, the Brahmaputra-Jamuna and the Ganges-Padma river basins are on the rise and it is likely to continue during the next 48 hours.
The flood forecasting centre warns that the flood situation in low-lying areas of the districts adjacent to the Brahmaputra-Jamuna river system at Nilphamari, Kurigram, Gaibandha, Jamalpur, Bogra, Sirajganj and Natore, and Ganges-Padma river system at Rajbari, Manikganj and Shariatpur is likely to deteriorate.
The water level in the Dharola river at the Kurigram point is flowing 98 cm above the danger level. Thousands of people of the district’s nine upazilas have been affected as water continues to rise.
The department of Agriculture Extension source said that standing crops on 1040 hectares of land in Islampur, Dewanganj, Madariganj and Melandaha upazilas
Had gone under water. The crops are Aus, T-Aman seed beds, jute, vegetables and banana groves.
District Primary Education Office sources said, 159 primary schools in Islampur, Dewanganj, Madariganj, Melandaha and
Sarishabari upazila were shut down while 50 more primary schools have been inundated.
Decrir Char and North Channel unions of Faridpur Sadar upazila, four unions of Char Bhadrasan upazila and three unions of Sadarpur have been affected, resulting in the immense misery to the inhabitants of these areas.
In Char Bhadrasan and Sadarpur, the rise of water level has been compounded with river erosion. Several education institutions have been closed. About 40 acres of land with standing jute was devoured in the river. In Sadar upazila, about 600 people have been marooned.
The officials of Bangladesh Water Development Board (BWDB) said that the water lever in the Brahmaputra rose by 37 cm, the Ghagot 41 cm, the Teesta 21 cm, and the Karatoa three cm during the last 24 hours.
Of them, the Brahmaputra was flowing at Fulchharighat point of the district 25 cm and the Ghagot at New Bridge Road point of the district town 56 cm above their respective danger levels, said the officials.
But the Teesta was flowing at Sundarganj point 18 cm and the Karatoa at Katakhali Bridge point 90 cm below their respective danger levels, the officials also said.
With the rise of water level in the Brahmaputra river, the chars and the river basin areas in Sundarganj, Fulchhari and Saghata upazila had been inundated and the standing crops particularly jute and summer vegetables went under flood water.
Apart from this, with the rise of water level in the river, the erosion took serious turn at many places on the both sides of the river and in the Kamarjani and Goghat areas under Sadar upazila resulting immense suffering and much anxiety to the erosion victims.
Flood situation in 12 more districts have been deteriorated. Thousands of people have been affected as water continues to rise.
Flood Forecasting and Warning Centre (FFWC) sources said, the ongoing flood situation has been the longest this monsoon and during the last few days, the country’s northern, north-eastern and central parts, and some areas of the upper riparian Indian States of Assam and Meghalaya, faced incessant precipitation.
Besideds, water increased in the rivers of Buriganga, Turag and Shitalakkha.
The flood-affected people in different districts are suffering from water born diseases, crisis of drinking water and sanitation.
Many flood victims had taken shelter on the nearby flood control embankment with their belongings, domestic animals and poultry birds. They were passing their days miserably for want of food and drinking water as the tube wells went under water.
According to FFWC data, the Brahmaputra-Jamuna and the Ganges-Padma river basins are on the rise and it is likely to continue during the next 48 hours.
The flood forecasting centre warns that the flood situation in low-lying areas of the districts adjacent to the Brahmaputra-Jamuna river system at Nilphamari, Kurigram, Gaibandha, Jamalpur, Bogra, Sirajganj and Natore, and Ganges-Padma river system at Rajbari, Manikganj and Shariatpur is likely to deteriorate.
The water level in the Dharola river at the Kurigram point is flowing 98 cm above the danger level. Thousands of people of the district’s nine upazilas have been affected as water continues to rise.
The department of Agriculture Extension source said that standing crops on 1040 hectares of land in Islampur, Dewanganj, Madariganj and Melandaha upazilas
Had gone under water. The crops are Aus, T-Aman seed beds, jute, vegetables and banana groves.
District Primary Education Office sources said, 159 primary schools in Islampur, Dewanganj, Madariganj, Melandaha and
Sarishabari upazila were shut down while 50 more primary schools have been inundated.
Decrir Char and North Channel unions of Faridpur Sadar upazila, four unions of Char Bhadrasan upazila and three unions of Sadarpur have been affected, resulting in the immense misery to the inhabitants of these areas.
In Char Bhadrasan and Sadarpur, the rise of water level has been compounded with river erosion. Several education institutions have been closed. About 40 acres of land with standing jute was devoured in the river. In Sadar upazila, about 600 people have been marooned.
The officials of Bangladesh Water Development Board (BWDB) said that the water lever in the Brahmaputra rose by 37 cm, the Ghagot 41 cm, the Teesta 21 cm, and the Karatoa three cm during the last 24 hours.
Of them, the Brahmaputra was flowing at Fulchharighat point of the district 25 cm and the Ghagot at New Bridge Road point of the district town 56 cm above their respective danger levels, said the officials.
But the Teesta was flowing at Sundarganj point 18 cm and the Karatoa at Katakhali Bridge point 90 cm below their respective danger levels, the officials also said.
With the rise of water level in the Brahmaputra river, the chars and the river basin areas in Sundarganj, Fulchhari and Saghata upazila had been inundated and the standing crops particularly jute and summer vegetables went under flood water.
Apart from this, with the rise of water level in the river, the erosion took serious turn at many places on the both sides of the river and in the Kamarjani and Goghat areas under Sadar upazila resulting immense suffering and much anxiety to the erosion victims.
