With the recession of floodwater, erosion by the river Brahmaputra has reached a destructive level, rendering 300 families homeless in Kurigram in the last two days.
The river erosion has become a constant cause of worry for the locals as it has also engulfed vast tracts of cropland in different villages in the district.
Jatrapur union parishad (UP) Chairman Abdul Gafur said people of at least 15 houses in his union moved to safer places as a stretch of around half a kilometre of the Brahmaputra embankment was engulfed by the river on Monday night.
Besides, the gluttonous river has gulped down around 100 houses at Boghbotipur, Farazipara, Pipulbari, Arazi Pipulbari and Muslimir Char.
People of the erosion-hit areas are passing their days amid extreme anxiety.
Gogdah UP Chairman Abdul Malek said at least 50 houses in Char Rosulpur, Brahmattor, Khamar and Char Awlia, and around 150 houses in Nageswarir Nunkhaoa, Narayanpur, Ulipur and Saheb Algay areas, were devoured by the river.
Meanwhile, Hatia embankment at Ulipur, Chilmari port protection embankment and Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) camp at Nageswari Naraynpur are also facing the threat of being eroded by the Brahmaputra.
Prwadip Kuman Mandal, deputy director of the Department of Agriculture Extension in Kurigram, said vegetables on around 357 hectares of land in seven upazilas of the district were damaged in floodwater in the district recently.
Anwar Hossein, district relief and disaster management officer, said they have record that 13,253 families were affected by flood and river erosion.
The river Dharala was flowing 0.77 centimetres and the Brahmaputra 6.0 centimetres below the danger level, said Abu Taher, an official of the Water Development Board.
The erosion-affected people have already taken shelter on roads and high lands, said Abu Taher.