Floods kill more than 30, impact millions in Bangladesh and northeast India

New Delhi/Cumilla, Bangladesh CNN . . Rescuers are scrambling to evacuate flooded communities after heavy rains inundated parts of Bangladesh and northeast India, killing at least 36 people and causing rivers on both sides of the border to reach extreme levels.. ..

At least 13 people have died in the flooding and almost 200,000 people have been evacuated from flooded areas in Bangladesh, Md Kamrul Hasan, a senior official of the Ministry of Disaster Management and Relief, told reporters Friday...

We dont expect people to be able to return home anytime soon, she said, adding the rain is easing but water levels can only recede after the rainfall stops.. . Kazi Piash, a 24-year-old Feni resident, said he took shelter on his rooftopafter the floods came up to his neck.. . Weve constructed a makeshift tent on the roof with tarpaulin but theres about 40 of us on the roofs of two one-story homes, Piash said, adding the group included his pregnant sister-in-law.. ..

In recent days, students in Bangladesh had been protesting the release of water from the Dumbur Dam in India located on the Gomati River.. . Indias Ministry of External Affairs dismissed the accusations that the flooding was due to the forced opening of a dam on the river, which flows through Tripura and enters Bangladesh through the district of Comilla..

No gate has been opened for the Gomati Hydro Electric Project, Nath posted on X on Wednesday, adding the storage capacity of the reservoir is up to 94 meters (308 feet).. . Water levels on the Indian side of the Gomati River were at an extreme danger level of 22 meters, Manik Saha, the chief minister of Tripura, said in a video shared on his X account, adding the levels would remain high for the next two to three days.. . Zahid Hasan, a 25-year-old student protesting at Bangladeshs Rajshahi university on Friday,told CNN Indias comments were hogwash and dirty politics.. ..

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