No letup in flood fury; 22 districts of Assam affected

 STAFF REPORTER

GUWAHATI: There is no letup in the flood fury in the state, where as many as five rivers, including the Brahmaputra, are still flowing above their danger levels and 22 districts are reeling under the deluge. Twenty-one districts were under the grip of the deluge yesterday.

According to the CWC (Central Water Commission) bulletin, barring Dibrugarh, the entire stretch of the Brahmaputra from Neamatighat to Dhubri is flowing above its danger level. The water level of the Brahmaputra is falling in Dibrugarh, Neamatighat, and Tezpur but rising in Guwahati, Goalpara, and Dhubri. The other four rivers flowing above their danger levels are Subansiri at Badatighat in the Lakhimpur district, Burhidihing at Chenimari (Khowang) in the Dibrugarh district, Dikhou at Sivasagar in the Sivasagar district, and Disang at Nanglamuraghat at Sivasagar in the Sivasagar district. The Kopili River is flowing below the danger level but maintaining a rising trend.

According to the flood bulletin of the ASDMA (Assam State Disaster Management Authority), various areas in 52 revenue circles in 22 districts in the state are reeling under floods. The districts are Barpeta, Biswanath, Chirang, Darrang, Dhemaji, Dhubri, Dibrugarh, Goalpara, Golaghat, Jorhat, Kamrup, Kamrup (M), Kokrajhar, Lakhimpur, Majuli, Morigaon, Nagaon, Nalbari, Sivasagar, Sonitpur, Tamulpur, and Udalguri. The report further said that the floods have affected 3,40,937 people—1,44,191 males, 1,17,699 females, and 79,047 children—in 818 villages in the state. The Darrang district has the highest number of 124 affected villages, followed by 105 villages in Morigaon, 87 villages in Majuli, 65 villages in Sonitpur, and 53 villages in Biswanath.

The deluge has affected over 21,644 hectares of crop area, with the worst affected being the Darrang district with 6511.50 hectares. Following the Darrang district is Majuli, with 3,781 hectares.

The flood waters have also inundated some areas of the Kaziranga National Park and Tiger Reserve and the Pobitora Wildlife Sanctuary. Reports on the damage to infrastructure like elementary schools, Anwanwadi centres, electric poles, shallow tube wells, irrigation canals, culverts, etc. keep coming. There are reports of active erosion from Barpeta, Biswanath, Bongaigaon, Dibrugarh, Majuli, Nalbari, Sonitpur, Tinsukia, and Udalguri districts.

Meanwhile, the RMC (Regional Meteorological Centre), Guwahati, has predicted light rainfall in a few places in the state in the next 24 hours.

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