Water Development Board's Flood Forecasting and Warning Centre (FFWC) Executive Engineer Sajjad Hossain told BSS today that the flood situation has improved in Gaibandha, Jamalpur, Sirajganj, Bogra and Kurigram because of the fall in water levels in the Brahmaputra and the Jamuna Rivers.
The situation will improve further in the next days, he hoped.
He said the water level in the Padma was remaining static, but it will in the next few days resulting improvement in the flood situation in low-laying areas of Rajbari, Manikganj, Munshiganj and Shariatpur.
The FFEC executive engineer said, during the last 24 hours ending at 9am today, water levels in country's rivers rose at 28 points while fell at 54 points. Water level remained static at three points. Water is flowing above the danger level at 18 points.
He said water levels are rising in the Buriganga, the Turag, the Balu and the Shitalakkha adjoin the capital Dhaka. Water levels in those rivers might continue rising for the next 24 hours.
At 9am today, in the Balu River water at Demra was following 23 centimeters below the danger level and the Turag River water at Mirpur is flowing 21 centimeters below the danger level.
The water level in the Balu might continue rising in the next 24 hours.
In Rangpur, the flood situation improved significantly during the past three consecutive days till this noon in the Brahmaputra basin to bring normalcy at some of the affected areas, official and local sources said.
Normalcy started returning in most of the flood-hit areas of Rangpur, Nilphamari and Lalmonirhat while the situation improves rapidly in Kurigram, Gaibandha, Bogra and Sirajganj districts, sources in Water Development Board (WDB) said.
According to sources in the district administrations, some the displaced people have been returning homes at places in seven affected northern districts following further improvement of the flood situation during the period.
The major rivers were flowing below the danger mark at most points, except at only eight points despite continuous fall in the water levels of the Teesta, Dharla, Ghaghot, Brahmaputra and Jamuna during the past 24 hours till 9 am today.
Executive Engineer of WDB for Kurigram Mahfuzur Rahman said sporadic erosion is being noticed with improvement of the flood situation following recession in the water levels of all major rivers and tributaries during the past couple of days.
"Officials and employees of the WDB are closely monitoring the situation and we have kept adequate sand-filled bags and other necessary materials at the vulnerable points where river erosion might take place with recession of flood waters," he added.
The Jamuna is still flowing 63cm above its danger mark at Bahadurabad, 52cm at Sariakandi, 52cm at Kazipur and 50cm at Sirajganj points in the Brahmaputra basin at 9am today.
Following further falls during the past 24 hours, the Teesta was flowing below its danger mark by 48cm at Dalia and by 154cm Kawnia points this morning.
The Dharla was flowing just at its danger mark at Kurigram and Ghaghot was flowing above the danger mark by 27cm at Gaibandha points at 9am today following further sharp falls in their water levels during the past 24 hours.
Officials in the district administrations and WDB said the falling trend in water levels of the major rivers and tributaries would continue during the next 72 hours to improve the situation further and bring normalcy in the affected areas.
