Kurigram flood situation improves

The overall flood situation in Kurigram has improved as the water level in many rivers including Brahmmaputra is receding.

The local Water Development Board said the Brahmmaputra was flowing 4cm above its danger level at Chilmari point on Friday morning while Dharla, Teesta, Dudhkumar were flowing beneath the danger mark, reports UNB.

Residents of nine upazilas have been hit hard by the fifth phase flood that inundated cropland, roads, houses and disrupted normal life.

In some places, river erosion has taken a serious turn, threatening people’s properties and lives. Ariful Islam, executive engineer of WDB, said that there’s no chance of further flood.

Saidur Rahman, chairman of Bhogdanga union, said about 350 houses in Bhogdanga, Jatrapur and Mogolbasha areas in the Sadar upazila have been gobbled up by the river in the last one week.

The authorities concerned are working to protect river erosion, he said.