Teesta may cross danger mark at Dalia in B'putra basin

The Teesta may cross danger mark (DM) at Dalia point due to continuous rise in water level following monsoon rains and onrush of water from the upstream in the last 24 hours ending at 9 am Wednesday, reports BSS.

Bangladesh Water Development Board (BWDB) officials said water levels of the Teesta, Dharla, Dudhkumar and Brahmaputra may rise rapidly due to heavy rainfall forecast in the Brahmaputra basin and adjoining upstream region in the next 24 hours.

"The Teesta may cross its DM at Dalia point in the next 24 hours due to heavy rainfall forecast in the basin and adjoining upstream," said a bulletin

issued by the Flood Forecasting and Warning Center (FFWC) of BWDB today.

The Teesta was flowing only 5cm below its DM at Dalia point in Nilphamari and 92cm below DM at Kawnia point in Rangpur at 9 am today.

The recorded rainfalls during the last 24 hours ending at 9 am today were 72mm at Kawnia, 130mm at Pateshwari, 108mm at Dalia, 75mm at Kurigram, 43mm at Rangpur and 25.5mm at Chilmari points in the Brahmaputra basin.

"Besides, the recorded rainfalls during the period were 130mm at Cherrapunji, 97mm at Dhubri, 96mm at Passighat, 84mm at Jalpaiguri, 75mm at Kailashahar and 58mm at Goalpara points of the northwestern Indian states in the upstream," the bulletin said.

The Dudhkumar was flowing below DM by 33cm at Pateshwari, Dharla by 63cm below DM at Kurigram and Brahmaputra was flowing below DM by 53cm at Noonkhawa, 32cm at Hatia and 65cm at Chilmari points respectively at 9 am today.