The New Nation - Internet Edition

BSS, Dhaka

A rising Ganges-Padma may cross its danger level in next 24 hours at Bhagyakul, Flood Forecasting and Warning Centre (FFWC) reported on Thursday.

The river may cross its danger level at Bhagyakul in Munshiganj district downstream. But it may come down on Saturday as the river had become steady upstream at Farakka point in India, Saiful Hossain, an official at the FFWC told BSS.

He said there is nothing to be worried about the situation, if the river crosses its red mark as there are no chance of a severe flooding at this moment.

The Ganges-Padma normally goes in spate in early August. But it fluctuates for sometime during the monsoon period with rains upstream, going up and down.

The flood situation turns bad in Bangladesh when the Ganges- Padma rises together with the Brahmaputra-Jamuna. But it happens when the Brahmaputra-Jamuna remains swelled well until the early August to mate with a swollen Ganges-Padma.