Water level of Khowai river slightly decreasing
News Desk || risingbd.com
Although the water level in the Khowai river has slightly decreased, it is flowing above the danger level at all points in Habiganj.
According to the Water Development Board’s control room, as of 9am Friday, the Khowai River's water level was 199 cm above the danger level at Ballah Point and it was 297 cm above the danger level on Thursday. About 80cm decreased in nine hours.
Habiganj Water Development Board’s Executive Engineer Shamim Hasnain Mahmud confirmed the news.
The flood was triggered by torrential rains over the past three days and water flowing in from India’s Tripura, causing widespread flooding and breaches in the Khowai Dam at Jalalabad and Laskarpur.
District administration has allocated 965 metric tonnes of rice, 1,560 packets of dry food and Tk 23, 27,500 in cash.
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