Assam: Floods hit over 33000 people after heavy rains in 3 districts

Guwahati: At least 34,000 people from three districts of Assam have been affected by the floods on Tuesday, officials said.

Following days of nonstop rain in some areas of Assam and Arunachal Pradesh, flood waters submerged 46 villages in Dhemaji, Dibrugarh and Lakhimpur districts.

However, the water levels of many rivers are rising following incessant rain.

At Neamatighat in Jorhat, the Brahmaputra river’s water level is above the danger level mark, according to the Assam State Disaster Management Authority (ASDMA).

In the Dhemaji district alone, 15,084 individuals have been affected, while 14,895 people were affected in Lakhimpur and 3,857 in the Dibrugarh district.

Meanwhile, 22 villages in the Dhemaji district, 23 in the Lakhimpur district, and one village in the Dibrugarh district have been affected by the current wave of flood, officials said.

The flood waters have submerged 1,300 hectares of cropland in three districts. However, the Dhemaji district administration has set up six relief distribution centres in flood-hit areas.

The flood waters on Tuesday partially damaged one embankment at the Nowboicha area in the Lakhimpur district, and two roads in Dhemaji and Lakhimpur districts. 

Nearly 11,000 domestic animals have also been affected by floods in Dhemaji and Lakhimpur districts.