Among the monitored 30 river points in the Ganges basin at 9am, water levels of 22 stations have declined, while they went up at five points, and remained stable at three points. Apart from this, the rivers were flowing below the danger level at 25 points and above the danger mark at four points on Sunday morning. Water level in the Ganges River decreased by five centimetres at Hardinge Bridge and three cms at Talbaria points this morning, while water level in the Padma River further declined by nine cms at Goalunda point. Of the 16 river points both in Ganges and Brahmaputra Basins, being monitored in many districts under Rajshahi division regularly, water levels decreased at 14 points and remained stable at two points on Sunday morning. However, the rivers were flowing below the danger level at 14 points, while above danger mark at two points on the same morning.

Source: Dhaka Tribune August 09, 2020 09:11 UTC