Assam Floods: Bhadia Baan creates havoc in 11 districts of Assam

 STAFF REPORTER

GUWAHATI: The Bhadia Baan (the deluge in Bhado) has worsened further in the past 24 hours due to rainfall in the upstream in Arunachal Pradesh and Assam. Till yesterday, only six districts were in the grip of the deluge that has affected as many as 11 districts today.

The Brahaputra is still flowing over the danger levels at many stretches: Neamatighat in the Jorhat district, Tezpur in the Sonitpur district, and Dhubri in the Dhubri district. According to the evening bulletin of the CWC (Central Water Commission), the Brahmaputra is maintaining its rising trend in Dubrugarh, Tezpur, Guwahati, and Goalpara.

Three other rivers—the Dikhow and the Dishang in Upper Assam and the Beki in Lower Assam—are also flowing over their danger levels. According to the CWC, the Dihkow is flowing above the danger mark in Sivasagar, the Dishang at Nanglamoraghat in the Sivasagar district, and the Beki at the Road Bridge in the Barpeta district.

According to the ASDMA (Assam State Disaster Management Authority), the floods have affected 19 revenue circles in 11 districts in the state. The districts are Biswanath, Chirang, Dhemaji, Dibrugarh, Dhubri, Jorhat, Kokrajhar, Lakhimpur, Majuli, Sonitpur, and Tamulpur. As many as 45,354 people—19,963 males, 16,279 females, and 9,112 children—are under the grip of floods in the 11 districts. As of date, the floods have affected 154 villages, and Dhemaji topped the list with 48 affected villages, followed by Sonitpur with 40 villages.

Reports on the loss of livestock, crop damage, damage to infrastructure, erosion, etc. keep coming from various areas of the affected districts. There were reports of landslides at Natunbasti, near Haflong, in the Dima Hasao district.

Meanwhile, the Regional Meteorological Centre (RMC) has predicted light to moderate rainfall in most of the places in Assam and heavy to very heavy rainfall in a few places in the state in the coming 24 hours. Beki Mathanguri, AP Ghat, Tamulpur, Manas, Panbari, Sivasagar, Barpeta, Dhubri, Bahalpur, Beki, Hajua, Goalpara, North Lakhimpur, Chouldhowaghat, Basistha, and Ranganadi witnessed the highest rainfall in the past 24 hours.

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