Flood scenario stays grim in Assam, extra areas in Guwahati inundated 

By PTI

GUWAHATI: The flood scenario in Assam remained extraordinarily essential on Sunday with many new localities coming beneath the impression of the deluge in a number of districts of the state and in a single day incessant rain inundating extra areas in Guwahati, officers stated.

According to the newest updates by the Assam State Disaster Management Authority (ASDMA), the state was witnessing floods and landslides for the final six days, abandoning an enormous path of destruction in all places.

In the final 24 hours, 32 districts, comprising 118 income circles and 4,291 villages, have reported flooding, it stated.

Around 31 lakh individuals have been impacted, and 1.56 lakh of them have taken shelter in 514 reduction camps throughout the state.

Relief supplies had been additionally distributed amongst people who find themselves affected by the floods and haven’t taken shelter in reduction camps, the ASDA stated. At least 302 reduction distribution centres or factors opened briefly, it stated.

National Disaster Response Force has been serving to the district administrations evacuate individuals from the flood-hit areas.

The state catastrophe response power, hearth and emergency companies personnel, policemen and ASDMA volunteers have additionally been deployed for rescue operations. “So far, 20,983 people have been evacuated by the various agencies,” the bulletin stated.

Incessant rain since Saturday night time wreaked havoc in Guwahati, resulting in knee-deep water logging in lots of areas throughout town, whereas water has touched the chest stage at some locations.

Guwahati Municipal Corporation Commissioner Devashish Sharma advised reporters that sluice gates on the Bharalu river have been shut.

“Due to heavy rain in Upper Assam and flowing of excess water through the Brahmaputra, the water level of the river in Guwahati has risen considerably. Its level is now above that of its tributary Bharalu,” he stated.

To cease backflow of Brahmaputra water into town, the administration has closed all of the sluice gates on the Bharalu, the lifeline of Guwahati metropolis. “This led to flooding of new areas in the city. During the last few days, we were able to pump out floodwaters to Bharalu, but today we are not able to do so,” Sharma stated.

Flooding was reported from Zoo highway, RG Baruah highway, Nabin Nagar, Anil Nagar, Hatigaon, Lachit Nagar, Tarun Nagar, Jyotikuchi, Ghoramara, VIP highway, Chandmari and plenty of different areas.

According to the each day flood report of the ASDMA, eight individuals misplaced their lives in numerous locations as a result of floodwaters. The dying toll on this 12 months’s flood and landslides throughout the state has gone as much as 62, it stated.

Meanwhile, recent landslides had been reported from Cachar, Dima Hasao, Goalpara, Hailakandi, Kamrup Metropolitan, Karimganj and South Salmara districts.

During the final 24 hours, the state recorded a median rainfall of 37.2 mm.

As per the Central Water Commission bulletin, the mighty Brahmaputra is flowing above the hazard marks at Neamatighat in Jorhat, Tezpur in Sonitpur, Goalpara and Dhubri cities.

Its tributaries Kopili at Kampur and Dharamtul in Nagaon district, Subansiri at Badatighat in Lakhimpur, Puthimari at NH Road Crossing in Kamrup, Pagladia at NT Road Crossing in Nalbari, Manas at NH Road Crossing in Barpeta and Beki at Road Bridge in Barpeta are flowing above hazard ranges.

The Barak river at BP Ghat in Karimganj, AP Ghat in Cachar and Matizuri in Hailakandi, and its tributary Kushiyara at Karimganj city are flowing above the hazard ranges.