The water level of the Padma river may go above danger level in the next 48 hours as its water is rising significantly at Hardinge Bridge point in Kushtia.
Bangladesh Water Development Board officials said Indian authorities have opened the gates of Farakka Barrage to flow out the flood water of Bihar as incessant rain inundated most of the region of the Indian state.
BWDB sources said the Padma water now is flowing only 0.19 centimetre below the danger level while water is rising about as much as 2 centimetres in every three hours.
Kushtia BWDB executive engineer Naimul Haque said, “The Padma water may cross the danger level in next 48 hours if the current water inflow continues.”
Waters in the Padma tributaries, including Gorai, are also rising accordingly, and so, the BWDB authorities are monitoring the situation of river embankments and the adjacent areas, he said.
