The overall flood situation in the country’s northern region has been aggravated further with fresh areas submerged by floodwater in the central region due to the onrush of upstream river water on Sunday.

Official sources said the water levels of the major rivers were swelling and flowing downstream, posing a threat to the central region and Dhaka city.

Floods also spread in the upper central and central regions on Sunday while the flood situation may worsen further in Manikganj, Munshiganj, Faridpur, Madaripur, Chandpur, Rajbari, Shariatpur, Dhaka, Sirajganj and Tangail, said Md Arifuzzaman Bhuiyan of the Flood Forecasting and Warning Center (FFWC).

So far, 4.378732 million people of 0.944609 million families have been marooned in the flood-affected 899 unions of 151 upazilas under 31 districts, according to the National Disaster Response Coordination Center (NDRRC).

The flood victims in the submerged areas have been passing miserable life into water with inadequate relief, locals said.

Some villagers have been evacuated from several flood-hit areas while many others have been found stranded.

The shortages of pure drinking water and foods intensified the sufferings of the marooned people.

Many flood victims took shelter on makeshift houses in higher areas, high lands and roads as their homesteads have gone under floodwaters in 31 districts.

Some of the displaced people have passing their live in open sky as their dwellings have been washed away by floodwaters while waterborne diseases like diarrhoea have broken out in the flooded areas.

They are seeking assistance from the government and organisations.

Local sources said the government has speed up relief distribution among flood victims in the affected areas, but these are not adequate.

A large number of trees and crops on a vast tract of land were washed away while ferry services on Mawa-Kewrakandi and Paturia and Daulatdia ferry landing station were badly disrupted due to flooding and strong current in the river.

Scores of dwelling houses, schools, colleges, mosques and roads went under the gorge of rivers due to unabated river erosion, thereby rendering thousands of people homeless.

The water flow in Jamuna and Ganges-Padma river basin has been increasing rapidly on the day and it will continue for the next 24 hours, said the FFWC.

The river water in Dhaka districts has been increasing and it will continue for the next 24 hours.

River water was rising at 44 of the 101 points observed by the warning centre the morning. Eighteen major rivers are flowing above their danger marks (DM) at 28 stations on Sunday, according to FFWC.

In Kurigram, people in the flood affected areas in Kurigram are complaining of shortage of food and government assistance as they struggle to survive and worry over a bleak future. An estimate of 300,000 people in 60 unions of nine upazilas have been marooned while 70 feet area of Burirhat and Gaburhelan spars in Rajarhat upazila were gobbled by strong currents.

About 2,000 houses in the district have been lost to the river while 50,000 houses were damaged. According to the District Health Service sources, over 40,000 tube-wells of the district have gone under water, sparking a pure drinking water crisis. In Pabna, around 20,000 families of 100 villages of five upazilas have been marooned as they were waterlogged. Many of the affected areas are also facing massive river erosion.

Four unions have been affected for immense waterlogging while several hundred families in the affected areas have been marooned in Sujanagar Upazila.