GAIBANDHA, July 6, 2024 (BSS)- Flood situation in char and river basin areas
under four upazilas of the district remained unchanged as the water level of
the Brahmaputra river was steady during the last 24 hours till this morning
at 9 am.

The official of Bangladesh Water Development Board (BWDB) here said the
Brahmaputra was flowing 86cm over the danger level at Fulchhari Ghat point of
the district.
 
As a result, submerging chars located in the eastern side and river basins in
the western side of 29 unions under Sundarganj, Sadar, Fulchhari and Saghata
upazilas have been flooded making 67,729 families marooned.

Of them, some 5,200 families have been marooned in Sundarganj upazila, 39,889
in Sadar upazila, 7,490 in Fulchhari upazila and 15,150 in Saghata upazila of
the district.

In order to mitigate the sufferings of the flood victims, the district and
upazila administrations stood beside the flood-affected families with relief
aid, office sources said.
 
A total of 3,050 packages of dry food, 165 tonnes of rice and Taka 10 lakh
are being distributed to the flood victims at the initiative of the
administration through involving the local government bodies, the sources
added.
 
Besides, 265 tonnes of rice are in stock of the administration to face
natural calamity, said an official of the district administration.
 
To face the ongoing flood, as many as 181 flood shelter centers have been
prepared in the upazilas, he also said.

Boats and speed boats have been kept ready to bring the flood victims to
safer places, he said adding: "Adequate medical teams, livestock teams,
agriculture teams and volunteer teams had been formed to conduct rescue
operations."

United Nations' World Food programme (WFP) stood beside the flood victims
under these four upazilas during the emergency period and distributed cash of
Taka 10 crore to the 20,000 flood-affected people of the upazilas through
their respective bKash account.

Each of the flood victims got Taka 5,000 from the WFP.
 
On the other hand, GanaUnnayan Kendra (GUK), a local voluntary non-government
organisation, also distributed dignity kit materials (16 kinds) to the flood-
affected families of Kunderpara char and its surrounding areas under Sadar
upazila in the district on Sunday in cooperation with UNFPA, said the
official of the administration.

DC Kazi Nahid Rasul said the district administration is on high alert about
the flood and all sorts of preparations have been taken to deal with the
flood situation smoothly.