One-third of the embankments built by the Water Development Board have been damaged during the second spell of floods this year.
The state of embankments from across the country, whose combined length stood at 1,900 kilometres, was revealed by the Ministry of Water Resources on Thursday.
The ministry provided the data during a meeting of the parliamentary committee during a discussion on the ongoing floods.
The committee asked the ministry to study the state of embankments after the recession of floodwaters, and to list the dams that have permanent structures on them.
The findings must be provided in a report during its next meeting, the committee said.
So far over three million people have faced damage in 22 flood-stricken districts during the second flooding of the season starting July, according to the Department of Disaster Management.
In April, swathes of farmland were destroyed in early flooding when embankments failed to protect wetlands in six districts of Sylhet.
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