The overall flood situation in the Ganges basin remained steady as water level in its rivers and tributaries are fluctuating in last 24-hour ending this morning after continuous rising for few days due to onrush of floodwater from upstream.
Meanwhile, around two lakh people of Atrai and Raninagar upazilas of Naogaon and Bagmara upazila of Rajshahi districts have become waterlogged and marooned afresh amid rising of water level in the Little Jamuna and the Atrai rivers, officials said.
Standing crops on vast areas were also inundated due to flood. Of the 30 river points, monitored in the Ganges basin today, water levels increased at 15 points, while receded at 13 points and remained stable at two other points, according to the Flood Forecasting and Warning Centre (FFWC).
However, the rivers were still flowing below the danger level at 26 points, while above the danger level at four other points today. Local office of Bangladesh Water Development Board (BWDB) recorded a rising trend at all the eight points in the Ganges and the Padma Rivers except two today for the sixth consecutive day, Mukhlesur Rahman, Superintending Engineer of BWDB, told BSS.
Water level in the Ganges River further went up by three centimeter (cm) at Hardinge Bridge and one cm at Talbaria points, while receded by four cm at Pankha in Chapainawabganj and remained steady at Rajshahi points. Water level in the Korotoa further increased by 10 cm at Chak Rahimpur point and declined by one cm at Bogura point afresh.
The Korotoa River was flowing 116 cm above the danger level this morning. FFWC Executive Engineer Arifuzzaman Bhuiyan said a rising trend has been recorded at all the six points of the Jamuna River for the last couple of days.
The Jamuna River went up by nine cm at Sariakandi in Bogura, 10 cm at Kazipur in Sirajganj and 14 cm at Sirajganj point.
The river was still flowing 33 cm, 17 cm and eight cm above the danger level at all the three points respectively this morning. The Gur River receded by 61 cm in its Shingra point in Natore afresh but still flowing 49 cm above the danger mark.
The Atrai River went up by 10 cm at Baghabari in Sirajganj flowing four cm above the danger level. The Mahananda River also increased by 17 cm and seven cm at Rohanpur and at Chapainawabganj points respectively. The Little Jamuna river declined by four cm at Naogaon point but is still flowing 14 cm above the danger level. However, the Atrai River declined by 117 cm at Mohadevpur in Naogaon afresh and by 13 cm at Atrai point this morning. Both the Little Jamuna and the Atrai Rivers were still flowing above the danger level at Naogaon and Atrai points.
Of the 16 river points both in Ganges and Brahmaputra Basins, being monitored in many districts under Rajshahi division regularly, water levels increased at nine points, while declined at six points and remained stable at another point.
The rivers were flowing below the danger level in eight points, while above the danger mark at another eight points this morning.
Meanwhile, the local administration has been continuously distributing relief materials in the worst-affected areas since the flood began.
Simultaneously, the Department of Health has undertaken all possible measures to prevent any outbreak of water-borne diseases among the flood affected people amidst the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. Some 5,930 patients were reported to have suffered from various water- related diseases and 25 people died in flood related incidents, particularly drowning and snakebite since July 1, sources said.BSS
