4 Gaibandha upazilas flooded again

About 40,000 people in different shoal areas of Gaibandha Sadar, Sunderganj, Fulchari and Shaghata upazilas have been affected by the flood.

Many people are marooned while many have shifted to safer places.

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According to Gaibandha Water Development Board (WDB), water levels of Brahmaputra, Teesta and Ghagot are rising fast but the rivers are flowing below their danger marks.

The Brahmaputra and Ghagat rivers are flowing about one centimetre below their danger marks. WDB sources said the water levels may cross the danger marks any time.

Transplanted Aman seedlings on vast areas have gone under water.

With the sudden increase in water levels, erosion has intensified at Kapasia in Sunderganj upazila, Kamarjani in Gaibandha Sadar, Haldia in Shaghata and Balasi in Fulchari upazila, official sources said. The surging waters have already eroded many homesteads, they said.