The officials said that several embankments have been damaged, while roads in Lakhimpur and Dhemaji have been badly affected…reports Asian Lite News
The flood situation in further deteriorated on Wednesday with over 69,750 people badly hit in 110 villages of five districts, officials said.
Officials of the Assam State Disaster Management Authority (ASDMA) said that the third wave of floods in the current pre-monsoon and monsoon period (May to October) was triggered by incessant rain since Monday in neighboring Arunachal Pradesh and in five districts of Assam — Dhemaji, Dibrugarh, Lakhimpur, Golaghat and Nagaon.
Though no report of loss of human life has been reported yet, the flood water inundated 3,021.40 hectares crop area.
ASDMA officials said that 22 relief distribution centres were opened to provide relief materials to the affected people, including 15,582 children.The flood also affected 34, 827 domestic animals including 6,024 poultry birds.
The officials said that several embankments have been damaged, while roads in Lakhimpur and Dhemaji have been badly affected.
In the first wave, Assam, like previous years, had witnessed one of the worst deluges in May-June this year, with floods and landslides claiming lives of around 200 people.
Meanwhile, the Regional Meteorological Centre in Guwahati, predicted that rain with thunderstorms and lightning is likely to occur in various places in 21 districts during the next two days.
The Brahmaputra river, which flows from neighbouring Arunachal Pradesh, is flowing above the danger level at Nematighat in Jorhat district.
Situation critical in Dhemaji
The flood situation in Assam’s Dhemaji district has become critical after flood waters submerged more areas under Jonai Sub-Division in the district on Wednesday.
Following the torrential rains in the past few days in parts of Assam and Arunachal Pradesh, the water levels of Siang, Dibang, and Datung rivers and other tributaries have been rising and the flood waters entered several villages in Shivpuri, Ramdhan Dikhari area, as per reports.
Many villagers have left their homes and taken shelter in higher lands, safer places.
The SDRF and district administration teams are engaged in rescue operations in the flood-affected areas.
A flood-affected villager of the Shivguri area said that the water level is gradually increasing since October 5.
“Some houses in our Shivguri area have been submerged by flood waters. We are now facing massive problems. The water levels of the Siang, Datung, and Dibang rivers are increasing. The flood-affected people and domestic animals are facing a food crisis,” the flood-affected villager said.
The flood waters have submerged 1265 hectares of cropland in the Dhemaji district.
The Dhemaji district administration has set up six relief distribution centres in flood-hit areas.
According to the Assam State Disaster Management Authority (ASDMA), nearly 34,000 people in three districts of Assam are affected by the fresh wave of flood.
15084 people have been affected alone in Dhemaji district while 14895 people were affected in Lakhimpur and 3857 in Dibrugarh district.
According to the ASDMA flood report, 22 villages in the Dhemaji district, 23 in the Lakhimpur district and 1 village in the Dibrugarh district have been affected by the current wave of flood. (IANS/ANI)
