Water level of Teesta river in Lalmonirhat has receded while it is flowing above danger level in Kurigram this morning.
Teesta river water was flowing 37cm above the danger level at Kaunia Teesta Bridge point at 9:00am, submerging 25 villages and chars of five unions in Rajarhat, Ulipur and Chilmari upazilas of Kurigram.
Floodwater has entered houses in chars and the low-lying areas along the river banks. Roads and Aman paddy fields have also been submerged by water.
Abdullah Al Mamun, executive engineer of the Water Development Board in Kurigram, told that the Teesa swelled in Kurigram due to the onrush of hilly water.
It is expected to go below the danger level in Kurigram in the next 24 hours, he hoped.
Besides, the water of Brahmaputra, Dharla, Dudhkumar and Gangadhar rivers in Kurigram is flowing below the danger level, he added.
WDB Executive Engineer of Lalmonirhat Shunil Kumar said the Teesta water is below danger level at Dalia Point in Teesta Barrage area of Hatibandha Upazila today.
However, the water has crossed the danger level downstream of the barrage. Water flow from upstream India has stopped for now. There is no threat of major flood situation in Teesta shoal at this moment, he added.
Abdul Quddus, chairman of Gharialdanga Union of Rajarhat upazila, told that six riverside villages and chars in his union have been flooded, affecting more than 2,000 families.
Farmer Nazar Ali, 67, of Ghatiashyam village of Rajarhat upazila told that his family had to take shelter on the WDB dyke with their cattle this morning as river water entered their house. Aman paddy of his eight bighas of land went under water, he said.
