3 Fulchhari villages in Gaibandha devoured

In Sirajganj, about 30,000 people are marooned in char areas in five upazilas as Jamuna, Boral and Korotoa rivers continued to rise due to onrush of waters from upstream areas in India.

Nilphamari-Dhaka road link via Kishoreganj may be snapped any moment as the road is threatened with erosion by Charalkata river, a tributary of Teesta, at Khokar bazaar in Kishoreganj upazila, our Nilphamari correspondent EAM Asaduzzaman reported.

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The river is only three metres away from the highway.

Forty families in Putimari and Latib Chapra villages in Nilphamari Sadar have moved to safer places.

A body of a young woman was recovered from Kumlai river at Khaga Kharibari village in Dimla on Thursday. Police said the body, with shanka (a traditional Hindu bangle) in both hands, might have been carried by water from upstream areas in India.

The body was cremated on Friday at Nilphamari crematorium after autopsy, police said.

Teesta was flowing along the danger mark at Teesta Barrage point yesterday.

Our Gaibandha correspondent said the three villages devoured by the Brahmaputra are Kazir Char, Uttar Kazir Char and Chithulia Digor. Two primary schools there disappeared.

The Gaibandha-Fulchari road link may be snapped any moment because a bailey bridge near the Fulchari upazila headquarter is threatened as more areas continued to reel under flood waters. The Fulchari market went under knee to waist deep water.

As Water Development Board did not take any step, local people are trying to protect he bailey bridge by dumping earth.

Quoting the local administration, Our Sirajganj correspondent reported that about 30,000 people are marooned in char areas in five upazilas.

More areas in Kazipur and Shahjadpur upazilas ahave gone under water as Jamuna, Boarl and Korotoa rivers are rising.

Some under-construction spars are also threatened by the strong current of the Jamuna, WDB sources said.