Assam Floods: Over 34000 people affected across 9 districts, rainfall likely to continue

Assam Floods: The floods in Assam have unleashed a huge catastrophe as 34,000 people across nine districts have been affected by rising water levels in the Brahmaputra and its tributaries. As per an official bulletin, the situation on Wednesday morning remained critical in the state as overnight rainfall led to severe flooding in catchment areas of Brahmaputra. According to Assam State Disaster Management Authority (ASDMA), 523 villages are underwater, and 5,842.78 hectares of crop areas have been damaged across the state. ASDMA further said that release of water from the Kurichhu Dam in Bhutan has led to significant rise in water levels leading to floods in western regions of the state.

Flooding wreaks havoc in State

According to a report by ASDMA nearly 34,100 people are hit due to floods in Baksa, Barpeta, Darrang, Dibrugarh, Kokrajhar, Lakhimpur, Nalbari, Sonitpur and Udalguri districts. Over 22,000 people have been affected in Lakhimpur, followed by Dibrugarh at 3,900 people and more than 2700 citizens have been affected in Kokrajhar. The administration has been operating one relief camp in Kokrajhar, where 56 persons have taken shelter, and running 24 relief distribution centers in four of the districts. Massive erosions have been witnessed in Barpeta, Sonitpur, Bongaigaon, Dhubri, Dibrugarh, Golaghat, Kamrup, Morigaon, Nalbari, Sivasagar and Udalguri, the ASDMA report said.

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Heavy Rainfall to continue

The Bhutan Government and the India Meteorological Department have predicted heavy to extremely heavy rainfall in the coming few days which will further contribute to rise in water levels of Brahmaputra and its tributaries. The IMD has also issued 'Red Alert' for the coming few days in light of heavy rainfall prediction. IMD's Regional Meteorological Centre (RMC) in Guwahati has issued a 'Yellow Alert' for Thursday. Many places in Cachar, Dima Hasao and Karimganj have reported incidents of landslides due to continuous heavy rainfall. In Udalguri, Sonitpur, Darrang, Bongaigaon, Chirang, Dhubri, Goalpara, Kamrup, Karimganj, Kokrajhar, Nagaon, Nalbari and Barpeta regions many embankments, roads, bridges and other infrastructure have been damaged by flood waters. As of now, no river is flowing above dangerous mark.

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