A complete of 18.94 lakh individuals remained affected in 28 districts of the State, the bulletin issued by Assam State Disaster Management Authority (ASDMA) stated.
A complete of 18.94 lakh individuals remained affected in 28 districts of the State, the bulletin issued by Assam State Disaster Management Authority (ASDMA) stated.
The flood scenario in Assam turned important on Friday with 9 extra individuals, together with two kids, shedding their lives, taking the loss of life toll on this yr’s floods and landslides within the State to 55, a bulletin stated.
The deaths had been reported in Hojai, Nalbari, Bajali, Dhubri, Kamrup, Kokrajhar, and Sonitpur districts. Two individuals had been reported lacking in Hojai and Sonitpur districts.
A complete of 18.94 lakh individuals remained affected in 28 districts of the State, the bulletin issued by Assam State Disaster Management Authority (ASDMA) stated.
Landslides had been reported in Dima Hasao, Goalpara, Hojai, Kamrup and Kamrup (Metropolitan) and Morigaon.
Union Minister Sarbananda Sonowal known as up Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma and mentioned the scenario with him.
Several rivers together with Brahmaputra, Kopili, Paladadiya, Jia-Bharali, Manas and Beki had been flowing above the hazard stage.
Workers on the under-construction dam web site of two,000 MW Lower Subansiri Hydroelectric Power Project had been requested to depart because the Subansiri River was flowing above the hazard stage resulting from heavy rain in neighbouring Arunachal Pradesh which inundated a number of villages in Dhemaji and Lakhimpur districts, an official stated.
An alert has been sounded in Karbi Anglong, Morigaon and Nagaon districts after the opening of 4 sluice gates of NEEPCO’s Karbi Langpi Hydro Electric Project at Langdong in Dima Hasao district.
Flooding in city areas was reported in Kamrup Metropolitan, Bajali, Barpeta, Darrang, Goalpara, Morigaon, Kokrajhar, Nalbari and Udalguri districts, the ASDMA bulletin stated.
Guwahati has been severely affected by continued water logging in most components of the town for the fourth consecutive day, with areas resembling Anil Nagar, Nabin Nagar, Zoo Road, Six Mile, Noonmati, Bhootnath, Maligaon, Bamunimaidam, Rajgarh Link Road, Hatigaon, Rukimingaon, Fatasil and Gotanagar remaining severely affected.
Road communication has been affected in a number of districts with 234 roads and 16 bridges being broken, whereas landslides on NH 6 in neighbouring Meghalaya disrupted visitors motion between Guwahati, Shillong, Silchar and Agartala.
Sonitpur district administration has closed down NH 15, connecting Lakhimpur, Dhemaji together with Itanagar and Tawang in Arunachal Pradesh, for heavy automobiles and the scenario was being strictly monitored, an official stated.
The second wave of floods this yr have impacted 96 income circles and a couple of,930 villages whereas 1,06,677 individuals have taken shelter in 363 reduction camps.
Source: www.thehindu.com
