DHAKA, 29 August 2021, (TON): Water level in Teesta River rising due to heavy rainfall in the upper streams of India. Nearly 2,000 families were stranded after their homes submerged following heavy floods which hit at least 15 villages in Rangpur’s Gangachhara upazila.

The villages, on the banks of the Teesta River, have been inundated for the third time this year due to incessant rains and rising water levels.

According to the Bangladesh Water Development Board (BWDB), water levels in the Teesta River were 15cm below the danger level at Dahlia point on Saturday morning, but it was flowing 10cm above the danger level at Gangachara point in Rangpur.

Char Shankardah in Kolkond Union has suffered the most damage, especially Isli Mukut Village, which has left around 1,000 families marooned.

The local Union Parishad Chairman Abdul Hadi called for safe evacuation by megaphone till late on Friday to evacuate stranded people to flood shelters.

He said “many families were moving to shelter with their cattle and belongings as almost all houses in Char Ishli, and Shankar Dah villages were submerged.”