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Dhaka outskirts start to go under flood waters

STAFF CORRESPONDENT
Flood situation in the northwestern districts worsened yesterday and swelling rivers are likely to inundate parts of three central districts-- Narayanganj, Manikganj and Munshiganj -- in the next two days.
The Flood Forecasting and Warning Centre (FFWC) said yesterday low-lying areas on the outskirts of the capital are being submerged due to slow but steady rise of the local rivers.
Reports said flood situation in Kurigram, Gaibandha, Bogra, Jamalpur, Sirajganj and Tangail continued to deteriorate. In many areas, gushing waters washed away houses, schools and shops. Erosion by swelling rivers aggravated the situation at places.
The FFWC said the Brahmaputra-Jamuna continued to rise at all points except at Bahadurabad, but the rise slowed down. The Ganges-Padma also continued to rise at all points. Most of the rivers in the Meghna and the South Eastern Hill basins
fell further yesterday.
Out of 85 monitoring points on the rivers, 38 recorded rise and 28 fall. The rivers were flowing above danger level at 12 points.
Our Sirajganj Correspondent reported that flood and river erosion have damaged houses in eight villages in Kazipur upazila, rendering about 15,000 people of 3,000 families homeless.
Most of the victims are passing their days under the open sky.
The villages are Shovogacha, Shovogacha Moddhapara, Doyel, Tarakandi, Borosima, Birshovo-gacha and Amon Meher.
The swelling Jamuna eroded at least 10 primary schools and a high school.
The river also eroded a big market -- Ratan Kandi haat-- in Sadar upazila.
Vast areas of Sirajganj Sadar, Belkuchi, Chowhali and Shahjahpur uazila have also been inundated.
According to the upazila nirbahi
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officer of Kazipur upazlia, about 20,000 houses in Kazipur are now under water and many people have moved to safety.
The authorities have closed down all the schools in five floodhit upazila.
Our Barisal correspondent said floodwater has caused breaches in the Bhola town protection embankment, threatening the district headquarters.
The Water Development Board has already started building a new embankment to save the town.
Board sources said breaches have appeared on a 600-metre stretch of the old embankment at Tulatuli. People of the area have already left for other places.