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Flood situation starts improving

Drinking water crisis in flood-hit Gaibandha

Star Report
Flood victims in Gaibandha were struggling for clean drinking water yesterday as most of the tube wells went under floodwater.
The overall flood situation in several northern districts remained unchanged, while the situation in the south has become normal.
Water level in most points of the rivers in Kurigram, Gaibandha, Sirajganj and Jamalpur remained static, said officials at Bangladesh Water Development Board.
However, the water level rose in some points located downstream.
“In Chilmari point of the Brahmaputra, the water flow increased by 4 cm to 43 cm, while it rose by 15 cm to 106 cm at Bahadurabad point of Jamuna,” said Abdul Wazed, additional secretary at flood and disaster management ministry, told The Daily Star.
The water will recede at all points in a day or two, he added.
Meanwhile, a child drowned Sunday evening and a woman died in a flood-related accident in Sirajganj yesterday, reports our Sirajganj correspondent.
The kid, Rakibul Hasan, of Bardhul village in Belkuchi upazila drowned when he was playing in floodwater.
The woman, Jahan Ara, was hit hard by the pole of a boat pushed by strong current of floodwater near the Hard Point of Sirajganj Town Protection Embankment. She was sitting near the boat, which was tied to a concrete block.
Seriously injured Jahan Ara of Ekdala Mahalla in Sirajganj municipality died on her way to Sirajganj General Hospital.
Floodwater flowing through the eroded dyke of Dhunat in Bogra inundated new areas in the northern part of Sirajganj. Water level of Karatoa, Bangali,
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Hurasagar, Ichamati was still ontherise.
More than seven lakh people have been marooned by the floods over the last week. The government has been providing rice and cash to the affected people, said Abdul Wazed, who is in charge of National Disaster Response Coordination Centre (NDRCC).
Our district correspondents reported thousands of flood-hit people were suffering due to lack of shelter. Many of them were passing nights on high lands, embankments or at their relatives' houses.
‘All the tube wells in our area went under water and there is no fodder to feed the cattle, as the people could not save those from inundation," said Abdul Matin Mandol, chairman of Arendabari union of Fulchhari upazila in Gaibandha.
Relief materials were too scanty to meet the demands of the victims, said Abdul HamidSarkerofUria union.
"We have nothing to cook for our children. They are living only on dry foods forthe last two days,” said Kamala Rani, who took shelter on a flood control embankment in Baraikandi village.
The Disaster
Management and Relief Division yesterday in a statement said the flood situation in Chittagong, Cox's Bazar, Bandarban and Sylhet districts has become normal.
Abdul Wazed, in-charge of NDRCC, said considering the vulnerability of the poor people, the government is planning to provide assistance under Vulnerable Group Feeding and Test Relief programmes.
The authorities will soon undertake a thorough assessment on the damages caused by the flooding to give assistance to the most affected poor people, he added.
15 MISSING IN BOAT CAPSIZE
At least 15 people went missing as a boat capsized in the river Golatoba under Melanda upazila of Jamalpur district yesterday, reports UNB.
Police said the boat crashed against a pillar of a bridge and capsized when around 40 flood-hit people of Amitri village were returning by a boat after receiving relief goods at Beltola bazaar area.
The boat sank in midriver. About 25 passengers managed to swim ashore.
Police last evening said they were conducting a