Assam Flood situation: No respite from the flood fury

 Brahmaputra and Kopili flowing over danger level

STAFF REPORTER

GUWAHATI: Despite the slight fall in rainfall in the past 24 hours, the state is yet to get any respite from the flood fury. Floods and landslides claimed seven lives in the past 24 hours in the state, pushing the toll to 88 this season.

The worst affected is the Barak Valley, including the Silchar town. The flood situation in the valley turned critical yesterday. The flood situation has aggravated in the lower Assam districts also following the release of water from several dams in Bhutan. The surging water of the River Kopili aggravated the flood situation in Raha and Kampur. The river breached the embankment near Raha.

NDRF (National Disaster Response Force), SDRF (State Disaster Response Force), the Indian Army and civilians have swung into rescue operations in the affected areas in the state.

Drinking water and sanitation facilities are scarce in some of the relief camps in the state.

Meanwhile, Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma visited the relief camps in the Nalbari and Kamrup districts today and took stock of the situation.

A person died at Hajo in the Kamrup district yesterday. The local people did not get any land nearby for the cremation of the body. At last, they took the body to a distant place with the help of a plantain raft and cremated it. According to allegations, the local people sought help from the local administration, but to no avail.

Meanwhile, the Regional Metrological Centre in Guwahati forecasted medium rainfall in the state in the next 24 hours. It also forecasted heavy rains in a few places, besides the possibility of lightning in the next 24 hours.

According to ASDMA's flood bulletin on Tuesday, the floods affected around 55,42,053 people in 5,577 villages under 121 revenue circles in 32 districts in the state. As many as 2,62,155 inmates are taking shelter in 862 relief camps.

The Brahmaputra flows over the danger level in Dhubri, Goalpara, Guwahati, Tezpur and Nematighat. The Kopili river is also flowing over the danger level.

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