Water level rises, flood situation worsens in Gaibandha

FE Team | Published: August 22, 2014 00:00:00 | Updated: November 30, 2026 06:01:00

GAIBANDHA, Aug 21 (BSS): Overall flood situation in chars and Brahmaputra river basin under four upazilas of the district worsened further as the water level of the river rose in last 24 hours till this morning.
The officials of Bangladesh Water Development Board said water level of the Brahmaputra River rose by 01 cm and the Teesta by 5 cm during the period due to onrush of hilly waters from the upstream and torrential rain in the last few days.
Today, the river Brahmaputra was flowing 9 cm below its danger mark at Fulchharighat point and the Teesta 111 cm below its danger level at Sundarganj point in the district.
On the other hand, the river Ghagot which was blowing through the mainland of the district was still flowing 25 cm above its danger mark at New Bridge point of the district town though its water level decreased by 1 cm during the period.
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 9,000 families 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.
M Saiduzzaman, chairman of Mollarchar 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.
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, he also said.
Deputy Director of Department of Agricultural Extension (DAE) Mir Abdur Razzak said as many as 1,456 hectares of crop land in four upazilas went under flood water but the quantity of losses caused by flood could not be ascertained immediately.
Acting district relief and rehabilitation officer and assistant commissioner Nazmul Huda said over 9,000 families of the four upazilas in the district have been marooned due to the flood.