Flood in Assam: 105 villages hit, over a lakh affected

Mangalore Today / NDTV

Tezpur/Lakhimpur, July17:  The flood situation in Lakhimpur in Assam is improving. According to officials, the water level in the rivers has receded.

Heavy rainfall in Arunachal Pradesh and Assam for the last two days had led to flooding of rivers. Most of the villages were affected due to old embankments that were not repaired for several years.

 

The flood has affected Sonitpur, Lakhimpur and Dhemaji districts of Assam, submerging villages and hitting a population of over 1.50 lakh, officials said.

Rain-fed River Brahmaputra, its tributaries and other rivers flowing down from the upper reaches of Arunachal were caused the first wave of floods in Assam, submerging 105 villages in Lakhimpur district, they said.

While the rising Humdiri River in Lakhimpur had overrun 15 new villages under Lakhimpur revenue circle overnight, the swollen Subansiri flowing down from the neighbouring state was rising menacingly breaching an agricultural embankment.

At least 20,000 hectare of agricultural land had been covered by the flood waters damaging standing crops there, the sources said.

Four persons drowned yesterday when the Ranganadi embankment breached at Kharkati under Lakhimpur revenue circle.

In neighbouring Dhemaji district the deluge caused by the swollen Jiadhol river affected Kechukhana, Ghuguha, Lowmuri, Naruathan and other areas affecting 25000 people, officials said.

Meanwhile, the district administrations were on high alert and are providing relief materials in the affected areas, officials added.