All the major rivers are in falling trend except the Kushiyara, a bulletin of Flood Forecasting and Warning Centre (FFWC) issued on Saturday said adding there is chance of heavy rainfall in the South-Eastern and South-Central parts of Bangladesh in next 24 hours.
The existing flood situation throughout the country may improve in next 24 hours, it added
The Surma at Kanaighat and Sunamganj, the Kushiyara at Amalshid, Sheola and Sherpur- Sylhet, the Titas at Brahmanbaria, the Dharla at Kurigram, the Ghagot at Gaibandha, the Brahmaputra at Chilmari, the Jamuna at Fulchari, Bahadurabad, Sariakandi, Kazipur and Sirajganj, the Gur at Singra, the Atrai at Baghabari, the Dhaleswari at Elasin and the Padma at Goalundo are flowing above danger level at 41cm, 7cm, 44cm, 26cm, 24cm, 24cm, 19cm, 20cm, 17cm, 41cm, 38cm, 19cm, 16cm, 6cm, 8cm, 22cm, 41cm and 8cm respectively, reports BSS.
In Gaibandha, water level of the Brahmaputra River and the Ghagot River were receding but continued flow above the danger point on Saturday.
Majority of the marooned are still stranded on elevated grounds, roads, embankments, and in different shelters.
Many flood-affected people in the Sadar upazila took shelter inside empty rail coaches at Gaibandha Railway Station as their houses were inundated in flood waters.
In Tangail, the overall flood condition improved somewhat as the water level of the major rivers fell. However, the Jamuna, Dhaleswari, and Jhinai Rivers continue flow 8cm, 86cm, and 2cm above the danger level respectively.
Still a large number of homes, schools, and cultivable lands remain submerged underwater, while reliefs are being provided regularly by government and non-government organizations.
In Jamalpur, as the Jamuna River was receding, the flood situation improved on Saturday.
District Water Development Board sources said, the Jamuna River water fell and was flowing 31cm above the danger point.
The flood-affected are still in despair as the river continues to flow above the danger level for the 16th day.
Meanwhile, government and non-government organizations continued to support the flood-affected regions.
Items like wick stoves, parched rice, molasses, puffed rice, soybean oil, lentils, candles, lighters, saline, water purifying tablets, and cash were being distributed to the distressed people of Kurigram, Shariatpur, and Gaibandha.
Tazul Islam Reza, Gaibandha; Abdullah Al Numan, Tangail; Kazi Nazrul Islam, Shariatpur; Bishwajit Deb, Jamalpur; and Ariful Islam, Kurigram contributed to this report