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Flood situation worsens as rivers swell

Low-lying areas inundated, crops damaged

Star Report
The flood situation in Netrakona, Pabna, Rangpur, Faridpur and Khulna deteriorated as the rise of water level of the Padma, the Jamuna, the Tecsta and the Ubdakhali inundated more low-lying areas.
The Padma in spate flooded many low-lying areas of Faridpur affecting around 10,000 people. 1\vo shelters have been opened for the destitute and 2,500 people have already taken shelter there. No relief drive has been launched so far, BBC Bangla service reports.
Hundreds of acres of cropland went under water and around 150 homes in Netrakona and Pabna were washed away.
The rush of floodwater also damaged three bridges and around
9km of road in Netrakona, our Netrakona correspondent reports.
More low-lying areas of Kalmakanda and Mohanganj upazilas of Netrakona went under water, Water Development Board Sources said. Barkpon, Chowhatta, Ranagoun, Majhipara, Korlapara, Bariund, Gobindapur, Kashabpur, Kagajipara, Basiorpasha and Baltai of Kalmakanda upazila went under 4-5 feet of floodwater.
Road communications between Netrakona Sadar to Kalmakanda and Durgapur upazila are still disrupted. The Someshwari, Kongsha, Mogra and Dhanu are still flowing above the danger levels while the Ubdakhali saw a rise in water level.
Floodwater breached the Mathabhanga embankment in Khulna and made 1,500 people
homeless and damaged Aman seedlings on around 1,500 acres of land and washed away 100 shrimp enclosures. Over 500 people were trying to repair the damaged embankment voluntarily, reports our Khulna correspondent.
Despite the efforts of locals, army personnel and Water Development Board (WDB), around 675 feet of an embankment and 400 metre portion of a road at Ghannarpar in Gangachara upazila in Rangpur went into the Teesta as the surging waters of the river continue to erode land, reports our Rangpur correspondent.
According to Flood Forecasting and Warning Centre (FFWC), flood-ing of low-lying areas in Munshiganj, Manikganj, Faridpur, Madaripur, Shariatpur, Dohar and
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Nawabganj of Dhaka district is likely to continue.
The water level of the Brahmaputra-Jamuna is likely to start rising again within 24-48 hours after dropping for two days. Hie water level of the Padma continued to rise at a slower rate, according to the FFWC.
Among 73 river points monitored by the FWCC, waters at six points are above the danger level, 30 points have seen rise in water levels and 37 points saw a drop in water level Water levels at five other points remained unchanged.
The Padma was flowing 40cm and 36cm above the danger level at Bhagyakul and Goalunda points yesterday, the Kongsha was flowing 87cm above danger level at Jarijanjail, the Surma 45cm above danger level at Sunamganj, Karotoa 14cm above danger level at Chak Rahimpur and the Kobadak was (lowing 5cm above the danger level in Jhikargacha, according to a bulletin of FFWC.
Protappur, Old Bharenga and Nagarbari in Bera upazila, Naowagram. Malfia, Indrajitpur. M o h a n p u r. M o h a b b a t p u r, Barkapur, Satbaria. Shyamnagar. Pakkirmore, Saturia, Kalikapur. Gopalpur, Baliadanga, Kamarhat, Gulchandrapur in Sujanagar upazila of Pabna have been affected by erosion of the might)’ Padma and the Jamuna, news agency UNB reports.