Flood situation worsens in Bogra, static in Kurigram

The flood situation in Kurigram district remained unchanged and worsened further in Bogra with inundation of at least 25 more villages yesterday.

In Kurigram, the Dharla and Brahmaputra rivers were flowing 30 and 11 centimetres above the danger mark at Dharla Bridge and Chilmari Ghat points on the day, reports our correspondent.

However, the Teesta and Dudhkumar were flowing below danger level at Kaunia Ghat and Noonkhawa Ghat points, said sources at local Water Development Board (WDB). 

At least one lakh and 50 thousand people of 250 villages under nine upazilas have been marooned in the last four days, Kurigram WDB Executive Engineer Mahfujar Rahman said, adding that a number of roads in rural areas of the district have been damaged and collapsed by onrush floodwaters. 

The Dubachhari Bridge over Dubachhari canal on Payradanga-Bhogirbhita road in Nageswari municipality under Nageswari upazila collapsed during the period, snapping road communications of around 50 thousand people of 12 villages under the municipality and Hasnabad union with Nageswari upazila headquarters, said Nuruzzaman Sarkar, chairman of the union parishad.

Due to the collapse of the bridge, over 500 acres of paddy fields had gone under water, said the chairman.

A flood victim, Anwar Hossain, 50, of Jhunkarchar area in Jattrapur union under Sadar upazila, said “My family has taken shelter on Brahmaputra riverside embankment as my house is now under floodwater.”

Abdul Gafur, chairman of Jattrapur Union Parishad, said he received three tons of rice which is not enough for distributing among the thousands of marooned people.

Our Bogra correspondent reports: Flood situation in the district has worsened further amid heavy downpour and onrush of water from the upstream across the border.

According to WDB, at least 25 villages in eight unions under Sariakandi upazila went under floodwater in the last 24 hours. 

The Jamuna was flowing 13 above danger mark at Sariakandi point yesterday.

At least 15 thousand people in Chaluabari, Kazla, Kornipur and Gohail unions have been marooned, said local upazila administration sources.

The flood victims have taken shelter on high land and educational institutions.

More than 100 hectares of cultivable land have gone under flood water, said upazila agriculture office sources.

Upazila Nirbahi Officer Md Shakil Mahmud said the district administration has already distributed 10 tonnes of rice and dried food among 1000 affected people.