Gomti River is rising steadily in Cumilla following relentless downpours and hilly runoff, prompting a flood alert as potential inundation threatens low-lying homes and farmland. According to the Bangladesh Water Development Board (BWDB), the river is swelling at a rate of 10cm an hour. As of 3pm on Wednesday, the river had reached 8.3 metres, still 2.5 metres below the official danger mark of 11.7 metres, said Executive Engineer Khan Mohammad Waliuzzaman of the BWDB office in Cumilla. Authorities have urged residents in vulnerable riverbank areas, especially on the shoals of the Gomti, to move to safer locations. By midday, areas including Tikkar Char, Chanpur Bridge, and Sangraish were already seeing parts of the river islands submerged.
