RANGPUR, July 1, 2022 (BSS) - Water levels of major rivers remained mostly
steady with both falling and rising trends at places during the past 24 hours
till 9am today in the Brahmaputra basin.
Bangladesh Water Development Board (BWDB) officials said the rate of
onrushing water from upstream significantly reduced during the period in the
basin with almost no rainfalls inside Bangladesh in downstream.
According to a bulletin of the Flood Forecasting and Warning Center (FFWC) of
BWDB, the recorded rainfalls during the last 24 hours were 41mm at
Cherrapunji, 109mm at Jalpaiguri and 98mm at Dibrugarh points of the
northwestern Indian states.
The Brahmaputra is in a steady state while Jamuna is showing a rising trend
and water levels of both the rivers may rise in the next 24 hours.
"In the next 24 hours, the flood situation in Kurigram district may improve
in the Brahmaputra basin," the bulletin added.
Due to fall in water levels during the last 24 hours, the Dharla was flowing
by only 6cm above its danger mark (DM) at Kurigram and Brahmaputra was
flowing above the danger mark by 21cm at Hatia points in Kurigram at 9 am
today.
"All other major rivers and tributaries were flowing below their respective
danger marks in the Brahmaputra basin," Acting Chief Engineer of the BWDB's
Rangpur Zone Engineer Muhammad Amirul Haque Bhuiyan told BSS today.
The Dudhkumar was flowing below its danger mark by 11cm at Pateshwari and
Brahmaputra below the danger mark by 65cm at Noonkhawa and 31cm at Chilmari
points in Kurigram and Upper Atrai was flowing below the danger mark by 27cm
at Bhushirbandar point in Dinajpur at 9 am today.
During the period, the Jamuna marked rise at all points during the last 24
hours and was flowing below the danger mark by 50cm at Fulchhari, 134cm at
Shaghata, 50cm at Bahadurabad, 30cm at Sariakandi, 49cm at Kazipur and 60cm
at Sirajganj points.
Despite a little rise in the water level during the last 24 hours, the
Ghaghot was flowing below the danger mark by 69cm at Gaibandha point at 9am
today.
Meanwhile, incidents of sporadic erosion of riverbanks with unstable soil
texture were reported from few places alongside the Teesta, Dharla,
Brahmaputra and other rivers in the Brahmaputra basin during the last few
days.
"We are conducting riverside bank protection works on an emergency basis at a
few vulnerable points alongside major rivers in Rangpur, Kurigram and
Gaibandha districts," Bhuiyan added.
The district and upazila administrations have further intensified relief
activities in affected areas of flood-hit northern districts to stand beside
deluge-hit people and mitigate their sufferings.
Divisional Commissioner Md. Abdul Wahhab Bhuiyan said flood situation is
being monitored closely and necessary steps are being taken when and where
needed in deluge-hit districts of Rangpur division.