Rivers show rising trend, fresh alert of heavy rainfall in next 24 hours in Assam

 STAFF REPORTER

GUWAHATI: Due to incessant rainfall in Assam and its neighbouring states for the last few days, the Brahmaputra and some others rivers in the State are showing a rising trend. However, all the rivers are flowing below the danger level. Meanwhile, the India Meteorological Department (IMD)/Regional Meteorological Centre, Guwahati has issued a fresh alert of heavy rainfall in the next 24 hours.

According to the report of the Central Water Commission (CWC), the Brahmaputra is showing a rising trend in Dibrugarh and Neamatighat in the Jorhat district. It is maintaining a steady level in Tezpur, Guwahati and Goalpara. In Dibrugarh, the Brahmaputra is flowing at a level of 104.61 metres while the danger level is 105.70 metres.

Rivers like the Subansiri in Lakhimpur, the Dikhou River in the Sivasagar district, the Dhansiri in the Golaghat district, the Kopili River in the Nagaon district and the Lohit River in the Tinsukia district are showing a rising trend.

The heavy rainfall for the last couple of days has led to flooding in the Dhemaji and Sivasagar districts and urban flooding in the Kamrup (metro) district. A total of 16 villages, barring the Kamrup (metro) district, have been affected by floods. These include 13 villages in the Sivasagar district and three villages in the Dhemaji district. A total of 2,713 people have been affected in these two districts. Partial landslides have been reported in Kharguli and Bamunumaidam in Guwahati.

Meanwhile, the India Meteorological Department (IMD)/Regional Meteorological Centre, Guwahati has issued a fresh alert of heavy rainfall in the next 24 hours. IMD/RMC informed through a special weather bulletin that the low-pressure areas over the eastern parts of the Gangetic West Bengal and adjoining Bangladesh now lie over the central parts of Bangladesh and its neighbourhood, and the associated cyclonic circulation extends upto 3.1 km above mean sea level. A trough runs from Nagaland to southwest Bihar across the cyclonic circulation associated with the low-pressure area over the central parts of Bangladesh and neighbourhood and extends upto 3.1 km above mean sea level. Fairly widespread to widespread rainfall activity with heavy to very heavy rainfall and thunderstorm with lightning in isolated places has been predicted to occur over Assam during the next 24 hours.

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