After nonstop rains in the Brahmaputra basin for the past 24 hours, which ended at 6 p.m. today, the water levels of all major rivers, including the Dharla, Teesta, and Dudhkumar, kept rising.
According to authorities with the Bangladesh Water Development Board (BWDB), the pattern of heavy to heavy rainfalls in the basin over the next 48 hours may continue to raise the water levels of key rivers.
A bulletin from the Flood Forecasting and Warning Centre (FFWC) of BWDB today predicted that there could be substantial rainfall in the northeastern portion of the country and neighboring Indian states in the next 48 hours, citing meteorological agencies.
As a result, the Teesta, Dharla, and Dudhkumar water levels may continue to increase quickly over the course of the next day. Alternatively, the situation may stabilize over the course of the following day, with a potential downward trend over the next 24 hours in the basin.
The Teesta may run near its danger threshold in the districts of Lalmonirhat, Nilphamari, Rangpur, and Kurigram, flooding the corresponding grazing lands and low-lying areas for the next day or two.
“However, water levels of the Dharla and Dudhkumar may flow below the danger mark for the next 72 hours in Kurigram,” the notice stated.
Due to the continuous rainfall over the period, the water levels of the other important rivers in the Rangpur division, including the Upper Kartoa, Upper Atrai, Tangon, Punarbhaba, Ichamati-Jamuna, and Jamuneswari, are trending upward.
The Brahmaputra and Jamuna rivers’ water levels are rising and are currently below their respective danger markers.
The Brahmaputra basin’s monitoring stations recorded 170 mm of rain at Thakurgaon, 128 mm at Kawnia, 170 mm at Panchagarh, 120 mm at Dinajpur, 89 mm at Kurigram, 139 mm at Dalia, 116 mm at Babaganj, and 86 mm at Gaibandha.
At 6 p.m. today, according to local BWDB sources, the Teesta was running 39 mm below the danger mark at Dalia point in Nilphamari and 55 cm below the danger mark at Kawnia point in Rangpur.
Chief Engineer for BWDB’s Rangpur Zone, Md. Mahbubur Rahman, spoke with BSS around 8 p.m. tonight and reported that all main rivers were experiencing rising water levels due to the continuous rains, with all monitoring locations in the basin experiencing flows below the danger limit.
Rahman stated, “Every flood control structure in the Rangpur zone is still safe,” and he added that sufficient safety measures have been done to deal with any eventuality at any time or location in the zone.
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