Flood situation in Nilphamari worsens as Teesta swells again

The river was flowing 40 cms below the danger mark at 6 am but at 9 am it was flowing six cms above the mark, according to Water Development Board's flood control room in Rangpur.

Nine more villages have reeled under Teesta waters. These include Kaligong, Chotokhata, Tepakharibari, West Chatnai, Doholpara and Pagolpara. The villagers have taken shelter on the Teesta embankment.

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The Teesta rose due to onrush of water from the upstream areas, the control room said. All tributaries of Teesta are also swelling.

The breach in the India-Bangladesh Joint dam at Kaliganj has been repaired by local people. But it is still vulnerable as a large portion of its main protection embankment has been damaged, it said.

A newly constructed spar between Doholpara and East Chatnai is threatened by strong water of the Teesta. About 100 houses in Doholpara have been washed away.

More than 25,000 people are marooned in different flood-hit areas of the district, officials, said.

The diarrhoea situation worsened yesterday with more people affected with the disease, they said.