Assam flood: Rivers flowing over danger level, nearly 1.2 Lakh affected

Guwahati, 22 June: The flood situation in Assam has deteriorated leaving 1.2 lakh people trapped across ten districts.

Around 1,19,800 people were reportedly affected by floods in the Baksa, Barpeta, Darrang, Dhemaji, Dhubri, Kokrajhar, Lakhimpur, Nalbari, Sonitpur and Udalguri districts, according to the Assam State Disaster Management Authority’s (ASDMA) daily flood report.

According to ASDA report, 1,19,830 people were reportedly affected by the ongoing flood and Nalbari is the most striking, affecting about 45,000 people followed by Baksa affecting more than 26,500 people and Lakhimpur affecting more than 25,000.

Flooding had impacted around 34000 individuals across nine districts. A total of 2,091 people are being housed in 14 relief camps throughout five districts and there are also 17 relief distribution stations spread across those same five districts.

1,280 individuals were rescued from various areas by the army, paramilitary forces, NDRF, SDRF, fire and emergency services (F&ES), civil administrations, non-governmental organisations (NGOs) and locals. 10,591 people as well as 780 villages are under water right now.

According to ASDMA, 85 hectares of agriculture in Assam have reportedly been destroyed. According to the report, there have been significant erosions in Baksa, Barpeta, Sonitpur, Dhubri, Dibrugarh, Kamrup, Kokrajhar, Lakhimpur, Majuli, Morigaon, Nagaon, South Salmara and Udalguri.

Notably, landslides brought on by heavy rain have been seen in Dima Hasao and Kamrup Metropolitan. Floods have devastated embankments, roads, bridges and other infrastructure in Baksa, Nalbari, Barpeta, Sonitpur, Bongaigaon, Darrang, Chirang, Dhubri, Goalpara, Kamrup, Kokrajhar, Lakhimpur, Nagaon, Udalguri, Dhemaji, and Majuli.

The districts of Barpeta, Darrang, Kamrup Metropolitan, Kokrajhar and Nalbari had a lot of flooded urban areas. The Brahmaputra’s tributaries Beki at the Road Bridge, Pagladiya at the NT Road Crossing and Puthimari at the NH Road Crossing all cross the danger line, according to the ASDMA.

An “Orange Alert” from the India Meteorological Department (IMD) indicated very severe to extremely high rainfall over many areas over the ensuing three days.

“Moisture incursion is very likely to continue due to strong low-level Southerly/Southwesterly winds from the Bay of Bengal to Northeast India during the next two days.” 

“Under its influence, widespread rainfall activity with heavy to very heavy with extremely heavy rainfall/ thunderstorm with lightning is very likely to continue over the northeast region during the next two days and likely to decrease gradually thereafter,” IMD’s Regional Meteorological Centre (RMC) in Guwahati said.

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