RANGPUR, Sept 27, 2024 (BSS) - Water levels of all major rivers, including
the Dharla, Teesta and Dudhkumar, continued rising following incessant rains
both in the upstream and downstream on the Brahmaputra basin during the last
24 hours ending at 6 pm today.
 
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.
 
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 in 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 Rangpur zone,"
Rahman said, adding that adequate precautionary steps have been taken to face
any situation anytime and anywhere in the zone.