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More areas go under water in Gaibandha

Major rivers mark rise in north

STAR REPORT
Fresh areas in five upazilas of Gaibandha have been inundated with the water level in the Karotoa, Teesta, Ghagot and Brahmaputra rivers continuing to rise yesterday while flood waters in Nilphamari have begun to recede, compounding the problems of the affected people.
Our corespondent from Gaibandha reports: Four wards of Gobindagnaj pourashava have been submerged after surging rainwater had breached Karotoa Flood Control Embankment at Taraf Manu.
Gobindaganj Upazila Health Complex and Upazila Parishad premises have gone under knee-deep water, prompting the authorities to shift the patients to other places.
Besides, flood waters have submerged 17 villages under Gumaniganj, Sapmara, Fulbari, and Rakhal Buruj unions of the same upazila, leaving over 7,000 people marooned.
As of yesterday, the road link between Gobindaganj and Dinajpur was on the brink of collapse as the Gobindaganj-Dinajpur Highway remained under water due to breaches in the Karotoa flood control embank-
ment, said an official of upazila administration.
Flood affected people of Gobindaganj have taken shelter at different educational institutions.
Water level in the Karotoa kept rising, posing a threat of erosion to Rangpur-Bogra Highway.
Over 20,000 people in 34 chars on the Brahmaputra have been marooned by flood waters as the overflowing river continued to damage standing crops on vast tracts of land on its banks.
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Embankment has developed large cracks at six points on it and river Ghagot was flowing 46 cms above the danger mark.
Our correspondent from Nilphamari reports: Sufferings of the flood-affected people seem to have increased with the receding of water. About three lakh people are faced with acute crisis of food and pure drinking water. Diseases like diarrhoea and skin rashes are said to be spreading fast among the people especially the children.
About 15 thousand people have taken refuge in 30 shelter centres, where the district administration has been supplying food for the last four days.
Meanwhile, the right embankment of Dinajpur Main Canal under Teesta Irrigation Project is in danger after the locals of Kathali village under Jaldhaka upazila on Thursday cut a stretch of about 100 feet from it to make way for the flood water to get out of the area.
According to a source of Agriculture Extension Department (DAE), about 805mm rainfall in the last three days ending on Wednesday has caused extensive damage to roads, bridges, culverts, houses, schools, colleges and crops in the district.
Two children-- Dipak Chandra Roy, 7, of Saidpur upazila and Shaiful, 5, of Kishoreganj upazila-- drowned in the flood waters.
The overall flood situation in Saidpur upazila has worsened.
About 150-foot long boundary wall around Saidpur Railway Workshop has collapsed in the recent flood. Saidpur-Dinajpur Highway at Kundal and Saidpur-Rangpur Highway at Dowani Para remained submerged threatening the road communications between those places.
Upazila Nirbahi Officer (UNO) of Saidpur Shamsul Alam said the authorities have taken measures to protect the town protection dam.
Meanwhile, diarrhoea has been spreading alarmingly in the flood-affected areas. The worst affected villages are Sonarai of Sadar upazila, Jarabari of Domar upazila and chars on the Teesta River in Dimla upazila. District Health Department sources said some 250 people are being treated at different hospitals and field centres of the Health Department for the disease.
The Ministry of Relief and Disaster Management has allotted 50 metric tonnes of rice and Tk 1 lakh in cash for the flood victims of Nilphamari district. According to the sources in District Administration, 45 metric tonnes have already been distributed. The district needs more allotment of rice and money to cope with the situation, added the sources.
The Deputy Commissioner of
Nilphamari Rabindra Nath Roy Chowdhury however told journalists that the situation is now under control.
The deputy commissioner and UNOs of different upazilas have visited various shelter centres to observe the relief distribution activities on Friday.
The District Agriculture Extension Department (DAE) said the production of Aman and vegetables would not be hampered if the flood waters recede quickly. But if those remain stagnant it would cause immense loss.
UNB from Naogaon reports: Water of Chhoto Jamuna and Atrai rivers, passing through the district, continued to rise further, deteriorating the flood situation in the district in the 24 hours ending at 6:00am yesterday.
Fresh areas of the district town have been submerged as flood control embankments at three places along Chhota Jamuna river have developed breaches.
Meanwhile, two groups of villagers came face to face over cutting a hole in a dam at Tajnagar in Sadar upazila yesterday morning.
Crops on thousands of hectares of land and several villages of Sadar and Badalgachhi upazilas in Naogaon and Akkelpur upazila in Joypurhat went under water after a group of people had managed to cut a hole through the dam on the western side.
Flood situation worsened in Adhaipur, Mathurapur, Bilasbari and Kola unions of Badalgachhi upazila. An unidentified man was swept away by a strong current in Bilasbari union.
Official sources said some 419,450 people of six unions of seven upazilas in Naogaon district have been affected. Flood caused by heavy rain and onrush of water from across the border destroyed 61,760 houses, submerged crops on 41,235 hectares and washed away fish worth several crore taka from ponds.