Flood affects 3 lakh people, destroys 9,742 hectares of crops in Nagaon

A CORRESPONDENT

NAGAON: The flood situation in Nagaon district remains grim and critical for the fifth day too and the overflowing water from the Kapili as well as Nichari rivers have wreaked havoc in Kampur, Raha and Nagaon revenue circles till the time of filing this report, sources added.

The flood water inundated over 100 revenue villages under Kampur revenue circle and over 50 revenue villages in Raha revenue circle while over 10 revenue villages in Nagaon revenue circle have been flooded. Besides, due to the flood water, almost all surface routes for transportation towards Kampur town via Kothiatoli Chariali - Kampur, West Karbi Anglong - Kampur, Chapormukh - Kampur and Nagaon Dakshinpat - Kampur were disrupted today for which the entire Kampur completely remained isolated from all the nearest towns or headquarters of Nagaon, Hojai and West Karbi Anglong districts.

The emergency response teams as well as SDRF personnel being deployed in Kampur as well as Raha revenue circle rescued over 1,200 flood victims and evacuated them to safer places.

It is however feared that the flood water will submerge more areas in Kampur as well as Nagaon revenue circles in the next few hours. According to sources from district disaster management authority, Nagaon, the fresh wave of flood destroyed over 9742.57 hectares of land with various crops and vegetables and hit over three lakh people in those three revenue circles in the district.

Moreover, over 38,523 domestic animals were affected in the fresh wave of flood in Kampur, Raha and Nagaon revenue circles till date while the district administration has set up 31 relief camps, among which 23 in Kampur revenue circle, five in Nagaon and three in Raha revenue circle where 2,853 inmates were being packed for taking shelter.

Meanwhile, the overflowing water from Haria River breached the DRDA embankment near Tetelisara Grant and submerged various surface routes built by PWD as well as DRDA roads in and around the Kampur township, sources claimed.

Significantly, although the district administration supplied food and other things to the relief camps, these were not sufficient for the inmates. The inmates of the relief camps have urged the government to provide more food and other supplements like biscuits, medicine, mosquito net, clothes etc.

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