The overall flood situation has worsened in the northeastern region of the country as water levels of major rivers, including the Brahmaputra and the Jamuna, marked a rapid rise on Sunday.

Official sources said major rivers were swelling and flowing downstream, posing a flood threat to the central region.
“Brahmaputra and Jamuna rivers are in rising trend. Most rivers of the Upper Meghna basin are also in rising trend,” said Arifuzzaman Bhuiyan, executive engineer of the Flood Forecasting and Warning Centre (FFWC).

The swelling of rivers may not remain longer and may become steady in the next one day, he said.

Most rivers of the Upper Meghna basin may continue rising in the next 24 hours, the FFWC forecasts.

The Ganges and the Padma are in a steady state, which may remain stable in the next 24 hours, it said.

Over 5 million people of 1,066 unions under 162 upazilas in 33 districts in the northern, central and northeastern regions have so far been affected by floods, sources at the National Disaster Response Coordination Centre (NDRRC) said.

The flood-hit people are passing days in utter misery as floods have washed away their houses, crops on vast tracts of land, domestic animals and other valuables.
Acute shortages of food and pure drinking water have multiplied the sufferings of the people in 33 flood-hit districts, some victims told the Daily Sun.

A large number of trees and crops on a vast tract of land have been washed away by flooding and strong current in the rivers.

Scores of dwellings, schools, colleges, mosques and roads have gone under river water and river erosion has left thousands of people homeless.

Thousands of flood-hit people have been leading a miserable life without adequate foods, many victims said.

Flood-affected people are suffering much due to a lack of adequate relief materials.

A scarcity of pure drinking water has multiplied their woes. Water level at Goalondo station in Rajbari, Bhagyakul station in Munshiganj and Sureshwar station in Shariatpur may continue to go up.

Water level at Goalondo station in Rajbari crossed the danger mark on Sunday.

Water level at Bhagyakul and Mawa station in Munshiganj and at Sureshwar station in Shariatpur may cross the red mark by tomorrow.

Rivers around Dhaka city may remain steady. The Lakhya River in Narayanganj may continue to swell up. Turag in Mirpur and Dhaleshwari at Rekabi Bazar may continue to rise.