Assam floods landslides

Guwahati, June 21: At least 10 people were killed and seven went missing during the last 34 hours as floods and landslides wreaked havoc in Assam, the State Management Authority said on Tuesday.

CMO issued a notice regarding the flood situation of Assam and stated that “As per CWC (Central Water Commission) rivers namely Kopili (at Kampur, Nagaon) is flowing above High Flood Level; Brahmaputra (at Neamatighat, Jorhat, at Tezpur, Sonitpur, at Guwahati, Kamrup, at Goalpara, Goalpara, at Dhubri, Dhubri, Subansiri (Badatighat, Lakhimpur); Kopili (at Dharamtul, Nagaon; Puthimati (at NH Road Crossing, Kamrup); Pagladia (at NT Road Crossing, Nalbari); Manas (at NH Road Crossing, Barpeta); Beki ( at Road Bridge, Barpeta) is flowing above the danger level. Barak (at BP Ghat, Karimganj, at AP Ghat, Cachar, at Matizuri, Hailakanndi), and Kushiyara (at Karimganj) are flowing above the danger level.”

In the last 24 hours, 33 districts viz Bajali, Baksa, Barpeta, Biswanath, Bongaigaon, Cachar, Chirang, Darrang, Dhemaji, Dhubri, Dibrugarh, Dima-Hasao, Goalpara, Golaghat, Hailakandi, Hojai, Jorhat, Kamrup, Kamrup (M), Karbi Anglong West, Karimganj, Kokrajhar, Lakhimpur, Majuli, Morigaon, Nagaon, Nalbari, Sivasagar, Sonitpur, South Salmara, Tamulpur, Tinsukia & Udalguri district have reported flood.

A total of 127 Revenue Circle and 5,137 villages have been impacted by flood incidents. About 42,28,157 people were impacted, out of which 1,86,424 people are taking shelter in 744 relief camps. Relief materials were also distributed to other affected populations who are not taking shelters in relief camps through 403 nos. of relief distribution centres/ points opened temporarily.

NDRF has been helping the district administration in the safe evacuation of people from affected areas apart from our own SDRF, Fire & ES personnel, Police forces, AAPDA Mitra Volunteers of ASDMA, etc.

So far 29,743 people have been safely evacuated by the above forces/ agencies. Total cumulative 71 numbers of people have lost their life due to floods and landslides in this season (i.e. from 6th April 2022). Landslide incidents were reported under Cachar, Dima-Hasao, Goalpara, Hailakandi, Kamrup (M), and Karimganj in the last 24 hrs.

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According to the government, as many as 33 districts across the state continue to reel under the impact of flood and landslide situations affecting nearly 50 lakh people.

As Assam’s flood situation remained bleak with all major rivers in spate, Union Home Minister Amit Shah called up Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma to enquire about the state of affairs on Monday.

“Hon HM Shri @AmitShah ji called twice since morning to enquire about the flood situation in Assam. He informed that a team of officials shall soon be sent by the Ministry of Home Affairs to assess the damages caused by the natural calamity. Grateful to HM for his help,” Sarma tweeted on Monday.

The northeastern state has been reeling under devastating floods over the last one week, impacting 47,72,140 people in 34 of the 36 districts.