Thousands of people have been marooned in northern Kurigram and Sirajganj district as waters of rivers such as the Padma, Jamuna, Dudhkumar, Gorai, Dhaleswari and Atrai have been flowing above danger marks.
Medium to heavy rainfall is likely to occur in the country’s north and northeastern regions and upstream regions in India’s West Bengal, Assam and Meghalaya in the next 72 hours, according to a Flood Forecasting and Warning Centre (FFWC) bulletin issued on Monday.
Consequently, it said, the water levels of Teesta, Dharala, Dudhkumar, Brahmaputra and rivers in the upper Meghna basin may rise rapidly.
Already, about 10,000-12,000 people in low-lying areas under Sadar, Shahjadpur, Kazipur and Belkuchi upazilas of Sirajganj have been stranded at homes as Jamuna waters inundated villages in the past few days, executive engineer of Water Development Board, Sirajganj, Shofiqul Islam told The Financial Express.
However, the flood situation there is expected to improve in the coming days.
Some 10,000 people in the char areas of Chilmari, Nageshwari and Sadar upazilas have been marooned, said Executive engineer of the board’s Kurigram office Md. Ariful Islam.
The flood situation in low-lying areas of Rajbari may deteriorate in the next three days until Thursday, the board’s executive engineer there Abdul Ahad said. He could not say how many people have been affected by the current flooding.
The flood situation in low-lying areas of Pabna, Manikganj, Rajbari, Faridpur and Shariatpur may slightly deteriorate, said the forecasting centre’s executive engineer M Arifuzzaman Bhuiyan.
The official forecast says the flood situation may deteriorate in different parts of the north and central parts of the country between August 27 and September 5.
The Ministry of Disaster Management and Relief said on Sunday that an amount of Tk 8.2 million was allocated for flood-affected people in 10 districts – Shariatpur, Chapainawabganj, Faridpur, Lalmonirhat, Pabna, Manikganj, Rajbari, Kushtia, Pabna, and Nilphamari.
