Flood situation started improving following falls in water levels of major rivers at all monitoring points amid almost no rainfalls in the Brahmaputra basin during the past 24 hours till 9am Thursday.
Officials of Bangladesh Water Development Board (WDB) said water level of the Brahmaputra marked sharp falls following reduction in rate of onrushing water from upstream during the period and the trend would continue during the next 24 hours.
No fresh areas and standing crops were inundated as floodwater started receding to improve the situation in Rangpur, Nilphamari, Lalmonirhat and Gaibandha districts during the last 24 hours.
However, flood situation is still remaining mostly stable in Jamalpur, Bogura and Siraganj districts where the situation is expected to start improving soon.
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 Rangpur, Lalmonirhat, Kurigram and Gaibandha during the last few days.
Acting Chief Engineer of BWDB’s Rangpur Zone Engineer Muhammad Amirul Haque Bhuiyan said flood situation started improving as the rate of onrushing water from upstream significantly reduced during the last 24 hours in the Brahmaputra basin.
“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,” Engineer Bhuiyan added.
BWDB officials said the Dharla, Brahmaputra, Jumna and Ghaghot were still flowing above danger marks (DM) at nine points in Kurigram, Gaibandha, Jamalpur, Bogura and Sirajganj at 9 am Thursday.
Water level of the Dudhkumar marked a significant fall by 21cm at Pateshwari in Kurigram during the last 24 hours and was flowing below DM by 30cm there at 9 am Thursday.
Water levels of the Teesta marked falls by 35cm at Dalia and 9cm at Kawnia points during the period and were flowing below their respective DMs by 45cm and 34cm at these points by 9 am Thursday.
Besides, water levels of the Brahmaputra marked sharp falls by 23cm at Noonkhawa, 29cm at Hatia, 20cm at Chilmari and 15cm at Fulchhari points during the last 24 hours.
The Brahmaputra was still flowing above DM by only 5cm at Noonkhawa, 84cm at Hatia and 32cm at Chilmari points in Kurigram and 45cm at Fulchhari point in Gaibandha at 9 am Thursday.
Water levels of the Jamuna marked significant falls by 13cm at Bahadurabad in Jamalpur, 10cm at Sariakandi in Bogura and 8cm at Kazipur and 5cm at Sirajganj points during the last 24 hours.
At 9 am Thursday, the Jamuna was flowing above DM by 44cm at Bahadurabad, 54cm at Sariakandi, 53cm at Kazipur and 45cm at Sirajganj points in the Brahmaputra basin.
