Fresh areas flooded in Gaibandha, Sirajganj districts
Flood situation in Sirajganj and Gaibandha deteriorated further yesterday.
In Sirajganj, flood situation worsened yesterday flooding a number of new villages under Sadar upazila, reports our correspondent.
Floodwater entered Gunergati, Shailabari, Ranigram, Khokshabari and Khalishakura villages as Jamuna river swelled further, flowing 12cm above the danger mark.
Executive Engineer Sujoy Chakma of Water Development Board said several points of the flood control embankment have become vulnerable to erosion by the river.
However, the workers are engaged in emergency work to prevent the possible erosion, he said.
In Gaibandha, fresh areas in five upazilas went under water as Jamuna swelled further flowing above the danger mark yesterday, reports our correspondent.
At least 30,000 people in shoal areas along Jamuna and Teesta basins under Sunderganj, Gaibandha sadar, Fulchari and Shaghata upazilas were marooned.
Road links in four upazilas snapped as all the roads in the villages went under knee to waist deep water. Country boats and rafts have become the sole mode of communication in those areas.
Scarcity of pure dinking water has become acute in flood-affected areas as the tube-wells have been submerged.
Educational institutes in the shoal areas along Jamuna basin have been closed. Many of the school buildings on high land are now being used as flood shelters.
Recently transplanted aman seedlings, seedbeds and vegetables on thousands of hectares are feared to be damaged by flood water.
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