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RANGPUR, Oct 5, 2025 (BSS) - The Teesta was flowing 35cm above the danger mark (DM) at Dalia point at 11 pm tonight, resulting in temporary flooding in low-lying char areas of Lalmonirhat and Nilphamari districts where the authorities have announced red-alert.
 
Bangladesh Water Development Board (BWDB) officials said the intensity of rains has increased in the northeastern states of India and higher parts of Bangladesh during the last 24 hours, creating a possibility of temporary flood situation alongside the Teesta's low-lying areas.
 
"Following a sharp rise in the water level today, the Teesta was flowing above its danger mark by 35cm at 11 pm at Dalia point," Additional Chief Engineer for Rangpur Zone of BWDB Dr Mohd Sarfaraz Banda told BSS at 11:50 pm.
 
Earlier, the Teesta crossed its danger mark by 10 cm at 6 pm at Dalia point. As the water level continued rising, the river was flowing 25cm above the danger mark at 8 pm and 35cm at 11 pm.
 
"Currently, all 44 gates of the Teesta Barrage Project are open to control the huge water flow at Dalia point where water levels of the river were still showing a rising trend," Engineer Dr Mohd Sarfaraz Banda added.
 
Meanwhile, low-lying char areas along the Teesta in Nilphamari and Lalmonirhat districts went under water causing immense sufferings to people amid torrential rains and onrush of water from upstream during the past 24 hours ending on Sunday midnight.
 
"We are making the riverside people aware of the situation and closely monitoring the situation and taking immediate steps to save flood control structures on an emergency basis where necessary in Rangpur division under BWDB's Rangpur Zone," he said.
 
Talking to BSS at 11:55 pm tonight, Executive Engineer of the BWDB's Teesta Barrage Division Engineer Amitav Chowdhury said the sharply rising water level of the Teesta is threatening a few vulnerable points in adjoining Lalmonirhat district.
 
"I along with BWDB officials and staff are trying our best to save the flood control embankment by dumping sand bags along the Teesta right bank at zero point in Kaliganj upazila of Lalmonirhat," Engineer Amitav Chowdhury said.  
 
Meanwhile, the Flood Forecasting and Warning Center (FFWC) of BWDB in a bulletin today said the water level of the Brahmaputra-Jamuna rivers system has decreased in the last 24 hours. 
 
The water level of the rivers may increase in the next two days and the water level may remain stable for the next three days. However, the flow may be below the danger mark.
 
Heavy to very heavy rainfall has been observed in Rangpur division and in West Bengal, Sikkim and Arunachal Pradesh in the upstream of India in the last 24 hours. 
 
The recorded rainfalls in the upstream Indian states during the last 24 hours till 9am today were 261mm at Darjeeling, 190mm at Coochbehar, 172mm at Jalpaiguri, 89mm at Pasighat and 88mm at Gangtok and 47mm Cherrapunji points.
 
"During the same period, 200mm rainfall was recorded at Panchagarh, 132mm at Dalia, 128mm at Dinajpur, 36.5mm mm at Kurigram points," the bulletin said.