The flood situation in many parts of the country has remained unchanged with many dams giving in to heavy river currents and people being evacuated from areas near embankments.
Flood-affected people said either they did not receive any relief materials or what they got was insufficient.
Our Kurigram correspondent reports: The overall flood situation remained unchanged in Kurigram district. More than one hundred chars and lowlands were inundated and nearly 70 thousand people were marooned.
At least 10,843 hectares of Aman and vegetable fields have gone under flood water. Some portions of two embankments were damaged too.
Executive Engineer of Kurighram Roads and Highways Department Hamidul Haque said flood water washed away 20 metres of the embankment.
More than 50 houses in Paramoula and Mondir area under Boddananda union of the upazila were lost to the river over the last three days. Chairman of Ulipur upazila said the water level of the river Brahmaputra increasd by 11cm yesterday.
Chairman of Jatrapur UP Abdul Gafur said a total of 18 chars including Pepulbari, Borura, Rolakata, Doikhawa and Airmari were submerged where flood victims are living in sub-human condition.
Kurigram Deputy Commissioner ABM Azad said he received Tk1,00000 and 100 metric tonnes of rice as aid yesterday.
Our correspondent from Gaibandha adds: Flood situation remained unchanged in Gaibandha too. Over 50,000 people of Gaibandha Sadar, Sundarganj and Fulchhari and Saghata upazila were marooned.
Water in the Ghaghot river is flowing over the danger level posing a serious threat to the dam. The Water Development Board (WDB) has announced an emergency in the areas.
The WDB sources said the water level in the Brahmaputra and Karotoa was continuously increasing and could cross the danger level at any moment.
Mir Abdur Razzak, assistant director of Bangladesh Agricultural Development Corporation, said 1,456 hectares of cultivated land went under water in four upazilas of the district.
Nazmul Huda, the deputy magistrate of Relief and Rehabilitation Department in the district, said they had distributed 40 metric tonnes of rice and relief materials worth Tk40,000 among the flood-affected people while the government allotted another 100 metric tonnes of rice.
As a portion of the embankment near the North Sathalia point in the district was washed away yesterday scared people started to leave the area for safer shelters.
Our Jamalpur correspondent reports: Onrush of water from the upstream and the incessant rain worsened the flood situation in Jamalpur. The river Jamuna overflowed and submerged the houses and farmlands in 30 villages under the Patharshi, Kulkandi and Chinaduli unions.
More than 25,000 people bearing the brunt of the flood water. Many of them had to take shelter on the road embankments. The victims of flood from the Patharshi village said though they were struggling for two days nobody came to their help.
The district magistrate Md Shahabuddin Khan said 18 metric tonnes of rice were given for those areas and they would soon be distributed among the victims.
Our correspondent from Chapainawabganj reports: Fresh erosion by the Padma River is threatening the recently finished left bank protection project of the river.
Residents of Goaldubi in Charbagdanga union of Sadar upazila are living in constant fear of losing their houses and mango orchards.
