Late monsoon heavy rains in the upstream Assam, Meghalaya and Arunachal provinces of India have caused flooding in the north-eastern districts of Bangladesh.
Local rivers breached their banks and overflowed, again inundating areas in Sherpur, Netrakona and Sunamganj, said officials.
Due to heavy onrush of rainwater from Meghalaya, the hilly rivers — the Bhugai in Sherpur, the Someshwari in Netrakona and the Jadukata in Sunamganj — were flowing above the danger marks on Saturday.
The Brahmaputra-Jamuna, the Padma and the Surma rivers continued to swell due to rush of rainwater from upstream Assam, according to Flood Forecasting, Warning Centre.
FFWC’s sub-divisional engineer Sarder Udoy Raihan told New Age on Saturday evening that the Brahmaputra-Jamuna would keep on rising in the next three days as the heavy rains were occurring in Meghalaya and Assam.
The Padma and the Surma rivers were in the rising trend, he said.
According to a report by the Assam State Disaster Management Authority, six districts in the Indian province remained affected by the floods as the number of people suffering for the deluge increased to 62,356 from 45,000 on Thursday, the report added.
The Brahmaputra in Jorhat, the Dhansiri in Golaghat, the Jia Bharali in Sonitpur and the Kushiara in Karimganj were in spate and flowing above the danger mark, the report added.
When asked, FFWC executive engineer Sazzad Hossain told New Age that the late monsoon was continuously occurring in the upstream causing floods.
He, however, said that major rivers were flowing bellow the danger marks and the waters might recede quickly.
In August, devastating floods submerged large parts of Bangladesh causing huge losses to people, crops and properties. About 80 lakh people were affected, 6 lakh hectares of agricultural crops were damaged and nearly 1.5 lakh fish farmers incurred heavy losses.
At least 145 people died due to flood-related incidents, shows government data.
Source: New Age
