Flood situation remains unchanged in Gaibandha

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Flood situation in char and river basin areas

under four upazilas of the district remained unchanged as the water level of

the Brahmaputra river was steady during the last 24 hours till this morning

at 9 am.

The official of Bangladesh Water Development Board (BWDB) here said the

Brahmaputra was flowing 86cm over the danger level at Fulchhari Ghat point of

the district.

As a result, submerging chars located in the eastern side and river basins in

the western side of 29 unions under Sundarganj, Sadar, Fulchhari and Saghata

upazilas have been flooded making 67,729 families marooned.

Of them, some 5,200 families have been marooned in Sundarganj upazila, 39,889

in Sadar upazila, 7,490 in Fulchhari upazila and 15,150 in Saghata upazila of

the district.

In order to mitigate the sufferings of the flood victims, the district and

upazila administrations stood beside the flood-affected families with relief

aid, office sources said.

A total of 3,050 packages of dry food, 165 tonnes of rice and Taka 10 la
kh

are being distributed to the flood victims at the initiative of the

administration through involving the local government bodies, the sources

added.

Besides, 265 tonnes of rice are in stock of the administration to face

natural calamity, said an official of the district administration.

To face the ongoing flood, as many as 181 flood shelter centers have been

prepared in the upazilas, he also said.

Boats and speed boats have been kept ready to bring the flood victims to

safer places, he said adding: “Adequate medical teams, livestock teams,

agriculture teams and volunteer teams had been formed to conduct rescue

operations.”

United Nations’ World Food programme (WFP) stood beside the flood victims

under these four upazilas during the emergency period and distributed cash of

Taka 10 crore to the 20,000 flood-affected people of the upazilas through

their respective bKash account.

Each of the flood victims got Taka 5,000 from the WFP.

On the other hand, GanaUnnayan Kendra (GUK), a local volunta
ry non-government

organisation, also distributed dignity kit materials (16 kinds) to the flood-

affected families of Kunderpara char and its surrounding areas under Sadar

upazila in the district on Sunday in cooperation with UNFPA, said the

official of the administration.

DC Kazi Nahid Rasul said the district administration is on high alert about

the flood and all sorts of preparations have been taken to deal with the

flood situation smoothly.

Source: Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha