DHAKA, 03 Septermber 2021, (TON): Meanwhile, the rising water level in the Padma River has freshly inundated more than 150 villages in Faridpur.

The flood situation deteriorated further in the Brahmaputra basin due to continuous rise in water levels of major rivers inundating fresh low-lying areas of five northern districts.

Officials of Bangladesh Water Development Board (BWDB) said “major rivers were flowing above their respective danger levels (DL) at ten gauge station points on Thursday due to the unremitting onrush of water from the upstream in India amid torrential rains at places.”

The Brahmaputra was flowing 49cm above its DL at Chilmari and 10cm at Hatia and Dharla by 7cm at Kurigram points while Ghaghot was flowing 16cm above the DL at Gaibandha.

The Jamuna was flowing 48cm above the DL at Phulchhari and 29cm at Shaghata points in Gaibandha, 59cm at Bahadurabad in Jamalpur, 63cm at Sariakandi in Bogra, 58cm at Kazipur and 59cm at Sirajganj points.

According to a bulletin of the Flood Forecasting and Warning Centre (FFWC) of BWDB, the recorded rainfalls in the last 24 hours were 184mm at Jalpaiguri, 66mm at Tezpur and 28mm at Darjeeling points of the northwestern Indian states.

Besides, the recorded rainfalls during the same period were 92mm at Dalia, 72mm at Rangpur, 64mm at Kawnia and 55mm at Thakurgaon points in the upper Brahmaputra basin.