The Water Development Board of WDB has said the water level will rise over the next three days, and there is a risk of short-term flooding. Mamun Howlader, the executive engineer of WDB in Sunamganj, said for the first time this season, around noon on Sunday, the water level at the Shologhar point in Sunamganj flowed two centimetres above the danger level. Moreover, the problem is also occurring because sand and silt brought by the hill runoffs are filling up the border rivers. The dam is causing obstructions to the flow of border water," said Professor Chittaranjan Talukdar, general secretary of the Haor Agriculture and Farmer Protection Council. However, in comparison, not even a kilometre of dredging has been done in the border rivers such as Chela, Khasiyamara, Sonai, and Cholti.

Source: bd News24 June 16, 2024 17:41 UTC