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FLOOD-SITUATION
New areas deluged as Brahmaputra continues to swell
DHAKA, July 15, 2020 (BSS) – The flood situation has further worsened in different parts of the country as the water level of major rivers, particularly the Brahmaputra, continue to rise due to onrush of water coming from the upstream.
Fresh areas were inundated in Kurigram, Gaibandha, Jamalpur, Bogra and Sirajganj districts, while the flood situation improved in Rangpur, Nilphamari and Lalmonirhat districts today.
Water is flowing above the danger level at nine points of the Brahmaputra River, said officials of Bangladesh Water Development Board (BWDB).
About six lakh people have been marooned in the low-lying and char areas in eight flood-affected northern districts, while many flood victims have already taken shelters at safe places.
According to BWDB, the Brahmaputra river was flowing 96 cm above the danger level at Noonkhawa, while 102 cm at Chilmari and Dharla points, 90 cm at Kurigram and 90 cm above the danger level at Ghagot point today.
The Jamuna was flowing 120 cm above the danger level at Fulchhari in Gaibandha, 125 cm at Bahadurabad in Jamalpur, 115 cm at Sariakandi in Bogura, 99 cm at Kazipur and 71cm at Sirajganj point.
“The water levels of the Teesta and Dharla might continue to recede in Rangpur, Lalmonirhat, Nilphamari and Kurigram but Brahmaputra and Jamuna will swell in the next 24 hours,” BWDB Chief Engineer of Rangpur Zone Jyoti Prosad Ghosh told BSS.
In Jamalpur, water level is rising in Jamuna river affecting over four lakh people and damaging 739 hectares T-Aman seed bed, 1,666 hectares of Aus paddy and 2,127 hectares of jute.
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