Gaibandha Representative/

Due to the rise in Brahmaputra river, the villages in the lower areas of Phulchari upazila of Gaibandha have started getting flooded. The road of Nilkuthi Ardash village of Ghazaria union has been washed away by the flood water. About 30 thousand people of that area including Ardashgram have suffered. Boats are their only means of transportation.

The road from Akram’s house in Ghazaria Union to Ardashgram was repaired at the cost of 79 thousand 7 thousand 500 taka in the financial year 2022-23 under the Employment Program Plus for the Very Poor (EGPP+) by the Ministry of Disaster Management and Relief, but it broke down due to flood water. About 30 thousand people including 80 families of Ardashgram, 130 landless-homeless families under Ashrayan-2 project travel through this road.

Chandu Sheikh, a resident of Ardash village, said that the road was broken by the flood water. Now we have to pay 10 taka for boat rental. God knows how long this pain will last. Malti Rani said, Hamghar Ardash village, we started the current thiki just now. But the road is not done in Hamghar. It will break every time there is a flood. There is no end to the suffering in Hamghar. Going back and forth three or four times before, now before I finish the whole day’s work.

Chairman of the project committee and member of UP Jihadur Rahman said that the road of Ardash village has been made through the middle of the river. Two bridges have been constructed between about half a kilometer of the road. It is repaired every year. But the road was destroyed during the flood. With long term planning, where the road is breaking every year, if the two sides of the road are casted with rot-cement, it will not break again.

Due to the increase in the water of these rivers, the low-lying areas along the river banks of Sundarganj, Phulchari, Saghata and Gaibandha Sadar upazilas and North Oriya, Ratanpur, Kabilpur, Rasulpur, Khalihara, Majhipara, Chatarkandi, Bade Telkupi, Bulbulir Char, Kauwabadha, Ujaldanga, Krishnamani, East Khatiamari, Water has started to rise again in Jiadanga Char area. As a result, the people of those areas are spending their days in fear of floods.

The waters of Yamuna-Brahmaputra, Ghaghat and Teesta are continuously increasing. The water in these rivers is still flowing below the danger level. According to the sources of Water Development Board, the water level of Yamuna and Brahmaputra has increased by 27 cm till 3 pm today at Tistamukhghat point of Phulchhari and reached the danger level of 33 cm, at Newbridge point of Ghaghat river it has increased by 35 cm and is 97 cm and the water level of Karatoa river has increased by 24 cm and is 407 cm below the danger level. flowing through

In this regard, the executive engineer of the water development board. Hafizul Haque told CNBangladesh that the water level of rivers and streams has increased due to heavy rains and upstream flows. Water is entering the low lying areas in the grasslands. Even though the water level of all the rivers in the district has risen till yesterday, it is still flowing below the danger level.