BANGLADESH NEWS
Flood situation in several northern districts including Sirajganj and Gaibandha deteriorated on Sunday due to flow of rainwater from upstream.
Hundreds of families took shelter on embankments and high lands, report our district correspondents.
Our Sirajganj correspondent reports: The Jamuna was flowing 48 cm above the danger level at Siraganj point Sunday morning, said Shafique Ahmed, a sub-divisional engineer of Water Development Board (WDB).
On Saturday, it was flowing 40 cm above the danger level.
Around 1,70,000 people of 35,800 families in 41 unions have been suffering from the flood.
Meanwhile, the government started distributing rice and cash aid among the flood victims since Saturday.
Aminul Islam, deputy commissioner of Sirajganj, said Tk 500 to 1,000 and 20kgs of rice were given to each family.
Abdur Rahman, deputy director of Sirajganj, said a total of 2,981 hectares of agricultural land have been washed away in the district in few days.
Our Gaibandha correspondent reports: The Jamuna was flowing 86 cm above the danger level at Gaibandha point while Ghaghot river was flowing 66 cm above the danger level, said Rejaul Mostafa Asafuddoula, an executive engineer of the WDB.
Hundreds of people of 26 unions in four upazila of the district were badly affected and have been shifted to 238 makeshift shelters made by the local administration, said Md Shahidul Islam, deputy commissioner of the district.
An amount of Tk 14 lakh and 500 metric tonnes of rice were allocated for the flood-hit families, Shahidul added.
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