Villagers travel in a boat through a flooded area following heavy rainfall, at Khandhakhati village in Morigaon on July 3, 2024.
July 5, 2024 7:37 AM.
In Assam, flood situation has deteriorated further due to relentless rain. More than 21 lakh people are reeling under the deluge across 29 districts. Governor Gulab Chand Kataria visited flood affected Morigaon district and interacted with the people.
The Governor also took stock of the prevailing situation and directed district administration to make adequate arrangements to meet the requirements of the affected people. Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma also visited Majuli, Dhemaji and Lakhimpur to take stock of the situation in these districts.
In Assam, 6 more person died due to flood during the last 24 hours, taking the toll to 52. More than 3200 villages of 107 revenue circles affected by flood and over 57000 hectares of crop areas have been damaged across the state. The river Brahmaputra, Barak and all their tributaries are flowing above danger level.
The flood damaged 145 roads, 13 embankments and 2 bridges during the last 24 hours. Meanwhile, Indian Meteorological Department has warned of extremely heavy rainfall in flood-ravaged Assam and neighbouring state Arunachal Pradesh. State Government has opened 247 Relief camps and 451 relief distribution centres. NDRF and SDRF teams have also been deployed for rescue and relief operations.
6 more person died due to flood during the last 24 hours, taking the toll to 52. More than 3200
villages of 107 revenue circles affected by flood and over 57000 hectares of crop areas have been damaged across the state. The river Brahmaputra, Barak and all their tributaries are flowing above danger level. The flood damaged 145 roads, 13 embankments and 2 bridges during the last 24 hours.
Meanwhile, Indian Meteorological Department has warned of extremely heavy rainfall in flood-ravaged Assam and neighbouring state Arunachal Pradesh. State Government has opened 247 Relief camps and 451 relief distribution centres. NDRF and SDRF teams have also been deployed for rescue and relief operations.
The severely affected flood districts are Barpeta, Biswanath, Cachar, Charaideo, Chirang, Darrang, Dhemaji, Dhubri, Dibrugarh, Goalpara, Golaghat, Hailakandi, Hojai, Jorhat, Kamrup, Kamrup Metropolitan, East Karbi Anglong, West Karbi Anglong, Karimganj, Lakhimpur, Majuli, Morigaon, Nagaon, Nalbari, Sivasagar, Sonitpur and Tinsukia districts.
Dhubri is the worst hit with over 2.23 lakh people suffering, followed by Darrang with nearly 1.84 lakh people and Lakhimpur with more than 1.66 lakh people reeling under flood waters. Brahmaputra is flowing above the danger marks at Nimatighat, Tezpur, Guwahati, Goalpara and Dhubri.
Its tributaries Subansiri at Badatighat, Burhi Dihing at Chenimari, Dikhou at Sivasagar, Disang at Nanglamuraghat, Dhansiri at Numaligarh, and Kopili at Kampur and Dharamtul are flowing above the danger levels.
The Barak river is flowing above the danger mark at AP Ghat, BP Ghat, Chota Bakra and Fuletrak, while its tributaries Dhaleswari at Gharmura, Katakhal at Matizuri and Kushiyara at Karimganj town and are also flowing above the danger marks.
