Water level of the Brahmaputra and the Ghagot, two major rivers of Gaibandha, crossed their danger mark on Friday night and was flowing 15 cm and 01 cm above its respective danger level this morning inundating the river basin areas including chars ones.
According to sources, water level of the Brahmaputra river and the Ghagot river flowing through the district rose sharply in the last 24 hours till Saturday 9am due to incessant rain and on rush of hilly water from the upstream.
The officials of Bangladesh Water Development Board (BWDB) here said the water level in the Brahmaputra rose by 20 cm and the Ghagot 45 cm during the period.
The Brahmaputra at Fulchharighat point and the Ghagot at New Bridge Road point of the district town were flowing 15 cm and 01 cm above their respective danger level.
With the rise of water level in the Brahmaputra river, the river basin
areas of Sundarganj, Sadar, Fulchhari and Saghata upazilas had been inundated and the standing crops particularly jute and summer vegetables went under flood water.
Apart from this, with the rise of water level in the rivers, the erosion took serious turn at many places along the western side of the river including Chandipur, Kapasia, Kamarjani, Gidari, Urya, Gozaria, Saghat and Holdia unions of the district creating immense sufferings and much anxiety to the erosion victims and threatened people.
Many erosion and flood victims had taken shelter on the nearby flood
control embankment with their belongings including domestic animals and poultry birds and were passing their days miserably for want of food and drinking water.
Talking to BSS Executive Engineer of BWDB Abdul Awal said as the
Brahmaputra and the Ghagot were flowing over their danger mark, the officials and the employees had been kept alert and vigil to protect the flood control embankment from any kind of destruction.
Security measures had also been tightened at the Gaibandha town protection embankment so that any vested quarters could not cut it to create immense sufferings of the Gaibandha municipality, he also added.
