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Gumti River is inundating new areas in Burichang and Brahmanpara upazilas of Cumilla district even seven days after flood waters breached its embankment, according to local people on Wednesday.
As of Wednesday morning, though the water level in the Gumti River has decreased, it has been flowing 8 centimeters above the danger mark.
However, floodwaters started receding from some other areas in the Burichang upazila, informed the locals.
Relief supplies for the flood-hit people are still arriving from different parts of the country. But it has become difficult to reach the aids to remote areas due to lack of water transports like boats and ferries.
The flood situation remains unchanged in other upazilas of the district including Nangalkot, Laksam, Monohorgonj, Chauddagram and Barura.
According to the district administration, over 10 lakh people have been stranded by one of the worst floods in decades. Some 78,000 people have taken shelter in 724 shelter centres while 225 medical teams have been providing healthcare services.
The district administration said they have allocated Tk 33 lakh in cash and 600 metric tonnes of food aid.
Saheda Akhter, Nirbahi Officer of Burichang upazila, said now people need rice pulse, medicine and other necessary commodities to survive as waters started to recede.
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