Padma basin still remains vulnerable to flood

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The death toll in the current calamitious flooding rose to 564 as officials counted 10 more casualties in 24 hours to Sunday morning, and latest forecasts said the flood situation could further deteriorate in some districts, reports UNB/BSS.
The number of patients attacked with diarrhoea and other water-borne diseases is decreasing in the country.
The Health Department Control Rood said that a total of 2,575 people were attached by diarrhoea in 39 districts in the last 24 hours.
The number of patients attacked by diarrhoea in the previous 24 hours was 3,500.
In the meantime, monsoon remains "vigorously active" over the eastern part of Bihar and West Bengal and weakened significantly over Brahmaputra and Meghna basins both in Indian part and Bangladesh, said a bulletin of the Flood Forecasting and Warning Centre (FFWC) Sunday.
"As a result, the Padma kept rising and the Brahmaputra, on the other hand, is showing signs of stand-down despite Aricha maintaining water level above danger mark," said the bulletin.
It said flood situation in the districts of Manikganj, Munshiganj, Faridpur, Rajbari, Madaripur, Shariatpur, Gopalganj, Chandpur, and Dohar and Nawabganj upazilas of Dhaka is likely to deteriorate slightly.
The bulletin said the Ganges-Padma is likely to continue to swell up further in the next 24-72 hrs. Noteworthy is that the Ganges basin is "vulnerable" to floods during late August and September although Bihar, East Uttar Pradesh and Nepal which are part of these huge catchments have already experienced devastating floods in late July.
Chapainawabganj, Rajshahi, Natore, Pabna and Kushtia are vulnerable districts to Ganges-basin floods in Bangladesh part, it said.
Small rivers surrounding Dhaka and Narayanganj observed rise and fall. The rivers are expected to show mostly a receding trend in the next 24-72 hrs. Flood situation around Dhaka city, especially in the eastern part of Dhaka, is likely to improve slightly in the next 24-72 hrs.
Some 10.50 million people of 39 districts have been affected by the floods, which started rolling in on from the last week of July and engulfed most part of the country. Nearly 79,546 people have taken shelter in 555 relief camps, having been displaced from their homes.
According to statistics provided by the Food and Disaster Management Ministry, the flooding damaged some 945,543 houses completely or partially, crops on 1,523,481 acres completely or partially while some 25,839 kms roads were damaged completely or partially and 7,555 educational institutions damaged completely or partially during the flooding.
The flood onslaughts also damaged 818 kms of embankments completely or partially while some 1,764 bridges and culverts were damaged completely or partially during the running calamity.