Lagatar24 Desk
Guwahati, June 24: Assam is still experiencing severe flooding, which has affected almost 4.89 lakh people across 19 districts.
In the last 24 hours, one more person in the Nalbari district drowned in floodwaters, bringing the death toll to two.
According to the Assam State Disaster Management Authority’s (ASDMA) flood report, the Bajali district has been hit the hardest, with nearly 2.67 lakh people affected, followed by 80,061 people in Nalbari, 73,233 in Barpeta, 22,577 in Lakhimpur, 14,583 in Darrang, 14180 in Tamulpur, 7,282 in Baksa and 4,750 in Goalpara district.
Cropland of 10782.80 hectares has been flooded.
In Bajali, Baksa, Barpeta, Biswanath, Bongaigaon, Chirang, Darrang, Dhemaji, Dhubri, Dibrugarh, Goalpara, Golaghat, Kamrup, Kokrajhar, Lakhimpur, Nagaon, Nalbari, Tamulpur and Udalguri district, 1,538 villages under 54 revenue circles have been impacted by the flood.
The Brahmaputra River is flowing above the danger level mark at Neamatighat in the Jorhat district, as well as at Dhubri, Manas River at Nh Road Crossing, Pagladiya River at Nt Road Crossing and Puthimari River at Nh Road Crossing.
35,142 individuals have taken refuge in the 140 relief camps that the district administration has established, together with 75 relief distribution centres, in the flood-affected areas.
On the other hand, a large number of people have sheltered on highways, mountains and embankments.
Over the course of the last 24 hours, the flood waters have breached one embankment and destroyed 14 additional embankments, 213 roads, 14 bridges, several agricultural bundhs, school buildings, irrigation canals and culverts.
The Bajali district is still in a catastrophic condition due to the flooding, which has affected 2,67,253 people in 191 communities.
The Bajali revenue circle has impacted 1,76,678 people and the Sarupeta revenue circle has impacted 90,575 people in the district, according to ASDMA.
Additionally, 368.30 hectares of cropland in the district were drowned by the floodwaters.
The Pahumara River’s flood floods severely damaged the homes of about 200 families in the Doloi Gaon Shantipur village area, and the locals are currently seeking refuge on the embankment, road by making temporary tents.
According to Kamal Barman, a resident of the flood-affected village, the flood waters wiped away up to 8–10 houses in the village.
“The flood waters breached the embankment at around 3 am morning and all villagers were sleeping at that time. The villagers didn’t able to get out their stuff at that time. The people just moved to a safer place. The villagers are now facing lots of problems as rain is also continuing and they are also facing a food crisis,” Kamal Barman said.
Another villager, Abanita Das, claimed that the floodwaters flooded their homes and covered the whole village.
“We weren’t able to get out our household goods, stuff because of the high level of water. We are now taking shelter at this embankment. The flood waters washed away all stuff from our home. We don’t have any food. We don’t have tarpaulin to make a makeshift tent or items for cook. Now there is 4-5 feet of water on the road and can’t go to another place. We are also facing a drinking water problem,” Abanita Das said.
According to Hriday Talukdar, the flood waters completely destroyed his home and washed away all of his possessions.
Rescue efforts are being carried out by NDRF, SDRF, Fire and Emergency services, and Civil Defence personnel in several flood-affected districts.
