GAIBANDHA, Aug 27 (BSS): Overall flood situation in chars and river basin areas of the district deteriorated as all the four major rivers marked rise in last 24 hours till this morning.
The officials of Bangladesh Water Development Board said water level of the river Brahmaputra increased by 7 cm and the Teesta by 01 cm, the Karatoa by 36 cm and the Ghagot by 01 cm during the period due to the onrush of hilly waters from the upstream and incessant rain.
However, the Brahmaputra was flowing 13 cm at Fulchharighat point, the Teesta 84 cm at Sundarganj point and the Karatoa 155 cm at Katakhali Bridge point below their respective danger level. On the other hand, the river Ghagot which was blowing through the main land of the district was flowing 14 cm above its danger mark at New Bridge point of the district town today, sources said.
With the rise of water level in the Brahmaputra river, the chars and river basin areas of Kapasia union under Sundarganj upazila, Kamarjani and Mollarchar unions under Sadar upazila, Fazlupur, Erendabari, Gozaria and Urya unions under Fulchhari upazila and Holdia and Saghata unions under Saghata upazila had been inundated leaving over 50,000 people marooned. As a result, the standing crops particularly Aman seed bed, Aus variety, T-Aman paddy and seedbed of late variety Ganzia paddy including summer vegetables went under flood water making the farmers worried and frustrated about their food security.
Nurunabi Sarker Sakmal, chairman of Kamarjani union of Sadar upazila, said the houses of the char people of the union and T-Aman paddy field including seed bed of Ganzia paddy went under flood water creating immense suffering of the flood victims.
Apart from this, fresh areas in both sides of the river Ghagot had also been submerged and crop land particularly T-Aman paddy and other seasonal vegetables went under flood water causing the growers are facing incurring losses, the locals sources said.
Many flood victims had taken shelter on the nearby flood control embankment and were passing their days miserably with their belongings including domestic animals and poultry birds for want of food and drinking water, said Saddam Hossan, a social worker of Kamarjani area in Sadar upazila.
