Flood situation improves in nine dists

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Rescue officials counted 28 more bodies to take the death toll to 192 until Wednesday morning from the current floods that played havoc with half the country since mid-July, reports UNB.
The death toll was 164 till Tuesday morning, according to Food and Disaster Management Ministry. The sharp rise in 24 hours shows an upturn in the incidence of death, as there have been reports of outbreaks of waterborne diseases in affected areas.
A bulletin of the Flood Forecasting and Warning Centre (FFWC) said inundation of low-lying areas in the eastern part of Dhaka city could remain "static".
The flood situation continued to improve in Lalmonirhat, Kurigram, Gaibandha, Rangpur, Bogra, Jamalpur Netrokona, Sunamganj and Sylhet as water kept receding "significantly in the adjacent major rivers", it said.
The FFWC bulletin said the Buriganga at Dhaka observed rise by 7.0 cm Wednesday morning. The Balu at Demra observed fall and flowing above danger level by 45 cm.
The Turag, that observed rise at Mirpur, is flowing above danger level by 68 cm. The Tongi Khal observed rise at Tongi and is flowing above danger mark by 78 cm.
The Brahmaputra-Jamuna observed fall at Noonkhawa, Chilmari, Bahadurabad, Sirajganj and Aricha. The Jamuna is flowing above danger mark at Sirajganj and Aricha.
The Lakhya at Narayanganj observed fall and was flowing above danger level by 43 cm Wednesday morning.
The Kaliganga at Taraghat recorded fall and is flowing above danger level by 110 cm.
The Ganges-Padma recorded rise at Pankha and remained steady at Rajshahi while it receded at Hardinge Bridge, Goalundo and Bhagyakul.
The Padma is flowing above its danger level by 104 cm at Goalundo and 88 cm at Bhagyakul.
The Meghna at Bhairab Bazar observed further fall and is flowing above danger level by 58 cm.
The rivers in the South Eastern Hill Basin had both rise and fall.
The floodwaters inundated 271 upazilas in 38 districts affecting over 9.594 million people of more than 2.058 million families, said a report of the Ministry.
The flood caused damage to 89,048 houses (completely), 6,58,594 houses (partially), standing crops on 7,93,140 acres (completely) and 6,56,187 acres (partially), 2,817 kms roads (completely) and 17,463 kms roads (partially), and educational institutions 332 (completely) and 4,893 (partially).
The damages also include 65.66-km embankments (completely) and 6,434 kms (partially), and 23 bridge-culvert (completely) and 685 (partially).
Some 3,73,939 people have taken shelter in 1,601 flood shelter centres.
In Jamalpur, four people drowned in floodwater in the district in last 24 hours ending at 6am Wednesday.