Major rivers rising following incessant rains in Brahmaputra basin
The Teesta in Lalmonirhat, Nilphamari, Rangpur and Kurigram districts may flow close to its danger mark and the respective pasture areas and some low-lying areas of these districts may be flooded till the next 24 hours
Water levels of all major rivers, including the Dharla, Teesta and Dudhkumar, continued rising following incessant rains both in the upstream and downstream of the Brahmaputra basin during the last 24 hours ending at 6pm today (27 September).
Bangladesh Water Development Board (BWDB) officials said water levels of major rivers might continue rising as the trend of heavy-to-heavy rainfalls might persist during the next 48 hours in the basin.
Quoting meteorological agencies, a bulletin of the Flood Forecasting and Warning Centre (FFWC) of BWDB today forecast that there is a possibility of heavy rainfall in the country's northeastern region and adjacent Indian states in the next 48 hours.
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As a result, water levels of the Teesta, Dharla and Dudhkumar might continue to rise rapidly in the next 24 hours and the situation may remain stable for the next 24 hours with a possibility of falling trend for the subsequent 24 hours in the basin.
The Teesta in Lalmonirhat, Nilphamari, Rangpur and Kurigram districts may flow close to its danger mark and the respective pasture areas and some low-lying areas of these districts may be flooded till the next 24 hours.
"However, water levels of the Dharla and Dudhkumar may flow below the danger mark for the next 72 hours in Kurigram," the bulletin said.
Water levels of the other major rivers of Rangpur division like the Upper Kartoa, Upper Atrai, Tangon, Punarbhaba, Ichamati-Jamuna and Jamuneswari are in rising trend due to incessant rainfalls during the period.
Water levels of the Brahmaputra and Jamuna are on a rising trend and flowing below their respective danger marks.
The recorded rainfalls were 170mm at Thakurgaon, 128mm at Kawnia, 170mm at Panchagarh, 120mm at Dinajpur, 89mm at Kurigram, 139mm at Dalia, 116mm at Badarganj and 86mm at Gaibandha monitoring points in the Brahmaputra basin.
Local BWDB sources said the Teesta was flowing below the danger mark by 39mm at Dalia Point in Nilphamari and 55cm below the danger mark at Kawnia Point in Rangpur at 6 pm today.
Talking to BSS at 8 pm tonight, Chief Engineer for Rangpur Zone of BWDB Md Mahbubur Rahman said water levels of all major rivers were rising amid incessant rains and flowing below the danger remarks at all monitoring points in the basin.
"All flood control structures are remaining safe everywhere in the Rangpur zone," Rahman said, adding that adequate precautionary steps have been taken to face any situation anytime and anywhere in the zone.
