Staff Reporter:
Water levels at 35 river stations monitored by Flood Forecasting and Warning Centre (FFWC) yesterday marked rise while 71 stations recorded fall.
Among the 110 monitored river stations, water levels at four stations have remained steady while water levels at 19 stations are flowing above the danger level, a bulletin issued by the FFWC said here yester-day.
The Dudhkumar at Pateshwari (Kurigram), the Dharia river at Kurigram, the Brahmaputra at Noonkha-wa (Kurigram), at Hatia( Kurigram), at Chilmari (Kurigram), the Jamuna river at Fulchari, at Baha-durabad, at Saghata (Gaibnadha), at Sariakandi, at Kazipur (Sirajganj), at Jagannathganj (Jamalpur), at Serajganj, at Porabari (Tangail), the Atrai at Baghabari (Sirajganj), the Surma at Kanaighat (Sylhet), the Kushiyara river at Amalshid, at Markuli, the Someshwari at Kalmakanda and the Meghna at Meghna Bridge (Munshiganj ) are flowing 8cm, 5cm, 28cm, 30cm, 43 cm, 48cm, 59cm, 56cm, 41cm, 33cm, 101cm, 48cm, 20 cm, 11cm, 29cm, 45cm, 25cm, 15cm, and 21cm above the danger level respectively.
The Brahmaputra-Jamuna River is in falling trend, which may continue in the next 24 hours, the FFWC bulletin said, adding: “The Ganges river is in rising trend while the Padma river is in steady state. Both the river may rise in next 72 hours.”
All the rivers in the North-eastern region of the country are in overall falling trend, which may continue in the next 48 hours.
