Water of Jamuna river has increased by 34 cm at Manikganj's Aricha point in last 24 hours till this afternoon.

However, it was flowing 250 cm bellow the danger level at 3:00 pm today (May 21, 2022), said Faruk Hossain, a staff of Water Development Board in Manikganj.

Talking to our Manikganj correspondent, Faruk Hossain said if the water in the Jamuna river continues to increase for the next seven days, low-lying areas of Manikanj will be flooded.

Md Mainuddin, executive engineer of Manikganj's WDB, said the water of Jamuna river  has started increasing due to pressure of upstream water.

All the five pontoons of Paturia ferry ghat and all the two pontoons of Aricha ferry ghat has been lifted as those were going under water due to rise of 180 cm  water in last two days, said Abdus Satter, assistant general manager (AGM-Marine) of Aricha Regional Office of Bangladesh Inland Water Transport Corporation (BIWTC).

However, ferry services on Paturia-Daulatdia and Aricha-Kazirhat route are normal, he said.