Although flood situation started improving with recession in water levels in the major rivers across the country, distressed people are still suffering to great extent for scarcity of relief.
According to Bangladesh Water Development Board (WDB), water level of the Brahmaputra and Jamuna Rivers marked falls following reduction in rate of onrushing water from upstream.
Despite fall in the water levels, the Brahmaputra was flowing above 8cm danger level mark at Chilmari and 26cm at Fulchhari points.
In Gaibandha, river erosion took serious turn devouring flood control embankments at two points under Polashbari upazila in Gaibandha inundating more areas in Polashbari and Gobindaganj upazilas.
District Relief and Rehabilitation Officer of Gaibandha Habibur Rahman said the district administration has allocated 52 tonne rice and Tk50,000 for distribution among flood-affected people of four upazilas in the district.
In Kurigram, the flood situation remained unchanged till 6pm yesterday. Water level in the Brahmaputra River was flowing above 8centimertres danger level and Dhorola was flowing 15cm above danger level.
About 150,000 people of nine upazilas in the district were marooned and leading sub-human life. Those people took shelter on roads and embankments are facing scarcity of foods and pure drinking water.
Boat and raft have become moods of transportation of people as 150 kilometres concert and 25 kilometres mud road have been submerged by flood water.
The district administration provided 80 tonnes of rice to flood affected people who was not sufficient, said local sources. However, the amount of food grain was yet to be distributed among the distressed poor.
Moziron Bewa, a resident of Begumganj upazila, told the Dhaka Tribune that she was waiting to return back to her residence.
She said: “I have been living on a road for last four days, but nobody came here to know how I was.”
Upazila Nirbahi Officer of Kurigram Sadar upazila told the Dhaka Tribune that allocated food would be distributed among flood affected people today.
In Jamalpur, the flood situation started deteriorating yesterday as water in Brahmaputra and Jamuna Rivers was flowing above danger level. Rural people said they were also facing fodder crisis. Educational activities at 30 school were stopped as flood affected people took shelter there.
District administration said 64 tonnes rice had been allocated at Islampur and Dewanganj upazilas.
Deputy Commissioner Anwar Hossain said they had applied for more relief in the district.
Meanwhile, flood situation in Naogoan has improved slightly. The overall flood situation in north, north-central and north-eastern part of the country may likely to improve in next 72 hours, said a bulletin of the Flood Forecasting and Warning Centre yesterday.
The FFWC found water levels at 46 points across the country have risen while water levels receded at 35 points in last 24 hours and waters at19 points are flowing above danger levels, the bulletin said.
The Ganges-Padma and Kushiyara river systems are showing rising trend which is likely to continue for next 72 hours and the Jamuna river is in rising trend which may start to fall in next 24 hours.