Flood Situation Worsens Further

The total condition of the flooding in the northern region of the country has been further exacerbated, with fresh regions submerged in the central zone as a consequence of the upstream river water on Sunday.

Official reports said that the water levels of the main rivers were rising and moving downstream, presenting a danger to the central area and the city of Dhaka.

Floods also spread in the upper central and central regions on Sunday while the flood situation may

worsen further in Manikganj, Munshiganj, Faridpur, Madaripur, Chandpur, Rajbari, Shariatpur, Dhaka, Sirajganj and Tangail, said Md Arifuzzaman Bhuiyan of the Flood Forecasting and Warning Center (FFWC).

According to the National Disaster Response Coordination Center (NDRRC), 4.378732 million people out of 0.944609 million households have been hit by flooding in 899 unions of 151 Upazilas in 31 districts.

Victims of flooding in submerged areas have ended miserable lives in water with little relief, locals said.

Many villages have been rescued from a variety of submerged areas, although several more have been left stranded.

The lack of clean drinking water and food worsened the sufferings of the marooned people.

Most flood victims have taken refuge in temporary housing in elevated locations, highlands and highways, while their residences have been submerged in 31 districts.

Some of the displaced people have to pass their lives in the open sky as their dwellings have been washed away by floodwaters while waterborne diseases like diarrhea have broken out in the flooded areas.

They are seeking assistance from the government and organisations.

Local sources said the government has sped up relief distribution among flood victims in the affected areas, but these are not adequate. 

A significant number of trees and crops on a huge area of land have been swept down, while ferry services at Mawa-Kewrakandi and Paturia and Daulatdia Ferry Landing Station have been seriously hampered owing to floods and heavy currents in the river.

Scores of homes, hospitals, universities, churches, and highways became filled with rivers owing to the unbridled flooding of the dam, leaving thousands of people homeless.

The flow of water in the Jamuna and Ganges-Padma river basins has increased steadily on the day and will continue for the next 24 hours, said the FFWC.

The river water in Dhaka districts has been increasing and it will continue for the next 24 hours.

River water was rising at 44 of the 101 points observed by the warning center in the morning. Eighteen major rivers are flowing above their danger marks (DM) at 28 stations on Sunday, according to FFWC.

In Kurigram, people in the flood-affected areas in Kurigram are complaining of a shortage of food and government assistance as they struggle to survive and worry over a bleak future. An estimate of 300,000 people in 60 unions of nine Upazilas have been marooned while 70 feet area of Burirhat and

Gaburhelan spars in Rajarhat Upazila were gobbled by strong currents.

About 2,000 houses in the district have been lost to the river while 50,000 houses were damaged.

According to the District Health Service, more than 40,000 tube-wells in the area have gone submerged, causing a shortage in safe drinking water. In Pabna, about 20,000 families from 100 villages with five ups and downs were marooned because they were waterlogged. Some of the impacted regions are now experiencing extreme river flooding.

Four unions have been affected for immense waterlogging while several hundred families in the affected areas have been marooned in Sujanagar Upazila.