The low-lying areas of Munshiganj, Manikganj, Dohar and Nawabganj of Dhaka district were further inundated with floodwater yesterday as the water level of the Padma kept on rising.
According to Flood Forecasting and Warning Centre (FFWC), the water level of the Brahmaputra-Jamuna has started falling while the Padma continued to rise but at a slower pace.
The flooding of low-lying areas in Munshiganj, Manikganj, Dohar and Nawabganj of Dhaka district is likely to continue, an FFWC bulletin said.
The Padma is flowing 29cm above the danger level at Goalunda and 36cm above at Bhagyakul point. The Kobadak is flowing 4cm above the danger level at Jhikargacha and the Arialkhan is flowing 1cm above the danger level at Madaripur.
The bulletin said the FFWC expects rainfall to decrease in the north and northeastern part of the country and in neighbouring sub-Himalayan West Bengal, Assam and Meghalaya.
The flash flood situation in Sylhet, Sunamganj, Netrakona and Sherpur are likely to start improving, the bulletin said.
The Jamuna is approaching danger level at Sirajganj point but may not cross the level in this spell, the FFWC forecast.
Our Sirajganj correspondent reports: Due to the onrush of water from upstream and rain in the last few days, many villages in low-laying areas and different chars in five upazilas of Sirajganj have been inundated with floodwater.
The floodwater is inundating more new areas including farmlands where paddy, jute, sugarcane and vegetables have been newly planted.
Water Development Board (WDB) sources said even though the mighty Jamuna was flowing below of the danger mark at Sirajganj, water was flowing 4cm above the danger level at Enayetpur yesterday.
The flood-affected upazilas in Sirajganj are: Sirajganj Sadar, Kazipur, Belkuchi, Chowhali and Shahzadpur. Many villages of Kazipur, Belkuchi and Chowhali upazilas have been badly affected.
Many roads in these upazilas have gone under water. Many people of these areas have started moving to higher grounds.
Meanwhile, erosion on the Jamuna has taken a serious turn for worse at the five upazilas. Around 300 homes in Sirajganj municipality have been swallowed up by the raging river.
Workers of WDB are dumping sacks of sand and rubble on the bank to protect the locality from erosion, WDB officials said.
Our correspondent in Netrakona reports: The flood situation in Netrakona is improving especially in the bordering areas of Durgapur and Kalmakanda. However, the situation is deteriorating in the low-lying areas, Netrakona WDB sources said.
The newly flooded unions are Kalmakanda Sadar, Pogla, Barkapon in Kalmakanda upazila and Jangail union in Durgapur upazila.
The water levels of the Someshwari, the Mogra, the Kongsha and the Dhanu are flowing above their danger levels.
River erosion has deteriorated on the Someshwari. A 2km stretch of road of the Shibganj-Ranikong road in Durgapur upazila, the only link between Durgapur upazila headquarters and bordering villages, went into the Someshwari.
Sources said most of the houses in Kalmakanda upazila headquarters have gone under two to three feet of floodwater.
Many areas of Mohanganj and Khaliajuri upazila headquarters have also been inundated by floodwater.
Road communication between the district headquarters and Durgapur upazila Sadar has snapped as a portion of a road near Janzail Bazar was damaged by floodwater. Road communication between Netrakona district headquarters and Kalmakanda upazila Sadar is also disrupted.
A correspondent in Munshiganj reports: More low-lying areas of the district went under water due to the rise in the water level of the Padma yesterday.
District Relief Officer Rawshan Alam said they are ready to face the situation with Tk 97,000 and 49 tonnes of rice in their relief fund.
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