City Desk :
Water levels at 37 river stations monitored by Flood Forecasting and Warning Centre (FFWC) have marked rise while 67 stations recorded fall.
Among the 109 monitored river stations, five have been registered steady and water level at all river stations is flowing below the danger level, a bulletin issued by the FFWC said on Saturday.
“The Brahmaputra river is in rising trend, while the Jamuna river is in steady state. Both the rivers may rise in next 48 hours,” the bulletin said.
The Ganges-Padma rivers are in steady state, which may continue in next 24 hours, the flood forecasting statement said adding all the major rivers in the north-eastern region of the country are in falling trend, reports BSS.
According to the forecast of meteorological agencies, there is chance of heavy rainfall at some places of the northern & north-eastern region of the country along with adjoining upstream areas of India in next 48 hours.
As a result, the Teesta, Dharla, Dhudhkumar rivers in the northern region & the Surma, Kushiyara, Sarigowain, Someswari, Jadukata and Bhugai-Kangsha rivers in the north-eastern region of the country may rise rapidly at times at some points in next 24 hours, the bulletin said.
No significant rainfall was recorded at some stations in different districts of Bangladesh during the last 24 hours ending at 9 am on Saturday.
Significant rainfalls (mm) recorded during last 24 hours in Sikkim,
Arunachal, Assam, Meghalaya and Tripura regions of North-East India, the
bulletin added.
A total of 48 mm rainfalls were recorded at Darjeeling (West Bengal) and 32 mm at Gangtok (Sikkim).
Vast swathes of northern and northeastern parts of Bangladesh were badly affected by devastating flooding on June 15, which is the worst one since 2004. Heavy downpour inside Bangladesh and upstream regions of some states of India triggered worst flooding in the country for nearly two decades. Two northern-eastern districts-Sunamganj and Sylhet were severely affected by the flood.
