Flash flooding likely in low-lying areas of greater Rangpur in 24 hours

A flash or short-term flooding is likely in low-lying areas adjacent to the Teesta, Dharla and Dudhkumar in Lalmonirhat, Nilphamari, Rangpur, Gaibandha and Kurigram districts of greater Rangpur in the next 24 hours. 

 Meanwhile, incidents of sporadic erosion of riverside areas were reported from few places alongside the Teesta, Dharla, Brahmaputra and other rivers in the greater Rangpur region in recent days. 

Officials of Bangladesh Water Development Board (BWDB) said that water levels of the Teesta, Dharla, and Dudhkumar rivers in the northern Rangpur region have increased during the last 24 hours. 

 Water levels of these three rivers may continue to rise over the next one day and remain stable during the following two days. 

 During the last 24 hours, water levels of the Brahmaputra and Jamuna rivers have increased at all points in Kurigram, Jamalpur, Gaibandha, Bogura, Sirajganj and Tangail districts in the Brahmaputra basin. 

 Water levels of these two major rivers may continue to rise over the next three days and remain stable during the following two days. 

During the next 24 to 72 hours, the Brahmaputra-Jamuna may flow at the Warning Level at some locations in Kurigram, Gaibandha, Jamalpur, Bogura, Sirajganj and Tangail districts, and adjacent low-lying areas may be inundated.

 During the last 24 hours till 9 am on Tuesday, 120mm rainfall was recorded at Kalimpong and 74mm at Darjeeling points of the Indian state of West Bengal in the upstream northeastern India.

 During the same period, 87mm rainfall was recorded at Sirajganj, 10mm at Rangpur, 22mm at Dalia in Nilphamari, 18mm at Kawnia and 27.5mm at Badarganj in Rangpur points in the downstream of the Brahmaputra basin.

 BWDB's Rangpur Circle Superintending Engineer Md Ahsan Habib said that the extent of rainfall has decreased during the last 24 hours both in the upstream northeastern Indian states and downstream of the Brahmaputra basin in the greater Rangpur region.

 "Although water levels of major rivers marked rise at almost all points during the last 24 hours, there is no possibility of any major flooding in the greater Rangpur region of Brahmaputra basin in the coming days," he said.

The Teesta was flowing below the DL by 26cm at Dalia point in Nilphamari, 35cm at Kawnia point in Rangpur and 6cm at Tarapur and 18cm at Haripur points in Gaibandha respectively at 3pm on Tuesday.

 The Dudhkumar was flowing below DL by 17cm at Pateshwari, Dharla by 51cm below DML at Kurigram and Brahmaputra was flowing below its DL by 65cm at Noonkhawa, 40cm at Hatia and 37cm at Chilmari points respectively at 3 pm on Tuesday. 

 The Jamuna was flowing below DL by only 51cm at Fulchhari, 53cm at Bahadurabad, 41cm at Shaghata, 43cm at Sariakandi, 97cm at Kazipur and 59cm at Sirajganj points at 3 pm on Tuesday.