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.