JAMALPUR, July 8, 2020 (BSS) – The overall flood situation further improved in the district with the continuous recession of water level in the river Jamuna.
Dewanganj Upazila Nirbahi Officer Razia Sultana said all the eight unions of the upazila were badly affected by the flood and shortly after receding flood water many people started to return home with their belongings.
Besides, the relief operation is continued in the flood affected areas, she said.
During the last 24 hours Jamuna dropped by 16 cm and was flowing 26 cm below the red mark (19.50 meter) at Bahadurabad ghat point at 12 this noon.
District Relief and Rehabilitation Office sources said the flood hit in the district on June 27 and affected over three lakh 96 thousand 744 people of 49 unions in all the seven upazilas of the district.
Civil Surgeon, Dr Pronoy Kanti Das said 80 medical teams are working in the flood affected areas.