Assam flood: Around 4.89 lakh people affected in 16 districts

Guwahati: The flood situation in Assam continues to be grim and around 4.89 lakh people in 19 districts have been affected. In the last 24 hours, one person drowned in flood water in Nalbari district, taking the death toll to two. According to the Assam State Disaster Management Authority (ASDMA) flood report, Bajali district alone has affected around 2.67 lakh people, followed by Nalbari 80,061 people, Barpeta 73,233 people, Lakhimpur 22,577 people, Darrang 14,583 people, 14180 people have been affected. people in Tamulpur, 7,282 people in Baksa, 4,750 people in Goalpara district.

10782.80 hectares of crop land has been submerged by the flood water. Bajli, Baksa, Barpeta, Biswanath, Bongaigaon, Chirang, Darrang, Dhemaji, Dhubri, Dibrugarh, Goalpara, Golaghat, Kamrup, Kokrajhar, Lakhimpur, Nagaon, Nalbari, Tamulpur, Udalguri have affected 1,538 villages under 54 revenue circles of the district. deluge.

Following torrential rains, the water level of Brahmaputra river is flowing above the danger level mark at Nematighat and Dhubri in Jorhat district, Manas river at NH road crossing, Pagladiya river at NT road crossing, Puthimari river at NH road crossing. The district administration has set up 140 relief camps and 75 relief distribution centers in the flood affected districts and 35142 people have taken shelter in these relief camps.

On the other hand, many others have taken shelter on roads, higher areas and embankments. The ASDMA flood report also states that 427474 domestic animals have also been affected by the floods. In the last 24 hours, flood waters breached 1 embankment and damaged 14 other embankments, 213 roads, 14 bridges, several agricultural dams, school buildings, irrigation canals and culverts.

Meanwhile, the flood situation in Bajali district is still grim as 2,67,253 people in 191 villages have been affected. According to ASDMA, 176678 people have been affected in Bajli revenue circle and 90575 in Sarupeta revenue circle of the district. 368.30 hectare crop of the district was also submerged in the flood water.

Around 200 families of Doloi village Shantipur village area have been badly affected and villagers are now taking shelter on the embankment, road by making temporary tents due to breach of a major part of embankment due to flood water of Pahumara river. Flood-affected villager Kamal Burman said that 8-10 houses in the village have been washed away in the flood waters.

“The flood water broke the embankment at around 3 am and all the villagers were sleeping at that time. The villagers could not take out their belongings at that time. People just moved to a safer place. The villagers are now facing trouble. ” There are a lot of problems as the rains are continuing and they are also facing food crisis,” said Kamal Barman.

Another villager Abnita Das said the floodwaters submerged the entire village and entered their houses. “We could not take out our household items because of the high water level. Now we are taking shelter on this embankment. The floodwaters have washed away all our household items. We have nothing to eat.” Abanita Das said, “We don’t have a tarpaulin to make a temporary tent or cooking material. Now there is 4-5 feet of water on the road and we can’t move to another place. We also face the problem of drinking water.” falling.” ,

Hriday Talukdar said that the flood water completely damaged his house and all the belongings of the house were washed away. NDRF, SDRF, Fire and Emergency Services and Civil Defense personnel are engaged in rescue operations in various flood-affected districts.