The New Nation - Internet Edition

BSS, Dhaka

A rising Ganges-Padma may cross its danger level downstream at Bhagyakul at Munshiganj during the next 24-48 hours, but it may not turn into a severe flooding, a Flood Forecasting and Warning Centre (FFWC) official said on Wednesday.

Saiful Hossain, executive engineer at FFWC, told BSS that the river was flowing at 5.90 metre, just short of its red mark of six metre when the river water level count was taken yesterday morning.

The Ganges-Padma may rise for another three days and fall afterwards. But it would not pose the threat of a severe flood situation at Bhagyakul, the FFWC official said.

On other river situation the FFWC monitor report said all the country's rivers are flowing below their respective danger levels except the hilly river Kangsha at Jariajanjail at Netrakona.

But the flashy river in the Garo hills had marked fall by 11cm and may fall further, Saiful said.

Out of 73 water-level stations of FFWC, only one (Kangsha) was flowing above danger level, 36 had shown rise, 36 others showed fall, one remained steady.

The rivers in the Brahmaputra and the Ganges basin observed mostly rise while the rivers in the Meghna and the southeastern hill basin marked mostly fall.

The Teesta at Dalia marked fall by 30 cm. The Brahmaputra- Jamuna marked rise by 17cm at its entry point at Noonkhawa, 12cm downstream at Chilmari and Bahadurabad, 15cm at Sirajganj and 12cm at Aricha.

On the Brahmaputra-Jamuna, Saiful said the river would rise for another two days then start declining from the next day. The Buriganga at Dhaka rose by eight cm.

The Ganges-Padma rose by 10cm at its entry point at Pankha, 11cm downstream at Rajshahi, 12cm at Hardinge Bridge, 13cm at Goalundo and 12cm at Bhagyakul.

The Meghna recorded rise by four cm at Bhairab Bazar.