Gumti River is inundating new areas in Burichang and Brahmanpara upazilas of Comilla district even seven days after flood waters breached its embankment, according to local people on Wednesday.
As of Wednesday morning, though the water level in the Gumti River has decreased, it has been flowing 8cm above the danger mark.
However, floodwaters started receding from some other areas in the Burichang upazila, informed the locals.
Relief supplies for the flood-hit people are still arriving from different parts of the country. However, it has become difficult to deliver aid to remote areas due to a lack of water transport, such as boats and ferries.
The flood situation remains unchanged in other upazilas of the district, including Nangalkot, Laksam, Monohargonj, Chauddagram and Barura.
According to the district administration, over one million people have been stranded by one of the worst floods in decades. Some 78,000 people have taken shelter in 724 shelter centres, while 225 medical teams have provided healthcare services.
The district administration said they have allocated Tk33 lakh in cash and 600 tons of food aid.
Burichang Nirbahi Officer Upazila Saheda Akhter said that now people need rice, pulses, medicine, and other necessary commodities to survive as the waters start to recede.
