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Water levels in some rivers fall

Water levels in major rivers of the country excepting the Brahmaputra-Jamuna are in falling trend, a release of Flood Forecasting and Warning Centre said on Monday.

The Brahmaputra-Jamuna river system is in rising trend while the Ganges-Padma and Meghna river system are falling trend, it added.

The Surma at Kanaighat and Kangsha at Jariajanjail are flowing above their respective danger levels by 29cm and 9cm recoded at 6:00am.

Monitoring the water levels at 73 stations, the FFWC said 32 stations recorded a rise and 35 registered a fall across the country.

Water levels at four station remained steady while at two others were marked above the danger-level.

Significant rainfall was recorded in different stations— 42mm at Rangpur station, 27.5 mm at Kurigram station, 22.6 mm at Teknaf and 19mm at Sunamganj.

Source : New Age