Major rivers in rising trend in Brahmaputra basin

Main rivers persevered to upward thrust following onrush of water from upstream amid medium to heavy rainfalls at locations in the Brahmaputra basin in the end of the final 24 hours ending at 9am this day.

Officials of Bangladesh Water Pattern Board (BWDB) said water ranges of fundamental rivers would possibly per chance per chance additionally continue to upward thrust in the end of the next few days, nonetheless will float below their respective hazard marks (DM) in the basin.

A bulletin of the Flood Forecasting and Warning Center (FFWC) of BWDB this day forecasted that water ranges of the Brahmaputra and Jamuna are rising and flowing below DM at all components.

“Water ranges of those two fundamental rivers would possibly per chance per chance additionally continue to upward thrust except the following five days, nonetheless would possibly per chance per chance additionally float below their respective DM in the basin,” the bulletin said.

Water ranges of Teesta would possibly per chance per chance additionally upward thrust slowly in the following 24 hours, live accurate for the following 24 hours followed by drop in the following 24 hours and will float below DM.

“Meanwhile, water ranges of the Dharla and Dudhkumar would possibly per chance per chance additionally live stable for the following 24 hours, would possibly per chance per chance additionally drop in the following 48 hours and float below DM,” the bulletin added.

“Within the upstream Indian states, the recorded rainfalls in the end of the previous 24 hours except 9am this day non-public been 141mm at Cherrapunji, 63mm at Coochbehar and 55mm at Silchar components,” the bulletin said.

The recorded rainfalls in the end of the identical interval non-public been 177mm at Kurigram, 83mm at Chilmari, 50mm at Jamalpur, 54mm at Pateshwari and 58mm at Kawnia components in the Brahmaputra basin.

No matter extra upward thrust in their water ranges, the Dharla was as soon as flowing below DM by 211cm at Kurigram while Dudhkumar was as soon as flowing below DM by 115cm at Patweshari point in Kurigram at 9am this day.

The Brahmaputra was as soon as flowing below DM by 230cm at Noonkhawa, 277cm at Hatia and 248cm at Chilmari components in Kurigram at 9 am this day.

The Jamuna was as soon as flowing below DM by 301cm at Fulchhari, 284cm at Bahadurabad, 257cm at Shaghata, , 283cm at Sariakandi, 291cm at Kazipur and 265cm at Sirajganj components in the basin at 9 am this day.

Talking to BSS this afternoon, Chief Engineer for Rangpur Zone of BWDB Md. Mahbubur Rahman said that there’ll not be any such thing as a chance of yet another flood in the arriving days despite water ranges of fundamental rivers sustaining a rising pattern.

“We’re intently monitoring the river challenge,” he added.