GUWAHATI, Sept 21 � There seems to be no improvement in the overall flood situation for the State during the past 24 hours. Altogether 13 districts of the State have been affected by the current wave of flood. In total, 4, 15,051 people in 817 villages under 33 Revenue Circles of these districts have been affected by the flood. State Disaster Response Force and Army have been pressed into service in the rescue operations in the Upper Assam districts of Tinsukia and Dibrugarh.
One person has been reported drowned in the floodwater in Dibrugarh district. and road communication through the NH-31 has been suspended due to the submergence of the Highway in Rangiya area.
In 36 relief camps set up in different areas of the flood-hit districts, 40,611 people are taking shelter.
According to the official flood bulletin of the State Disaster Management Authority (SDMA) here this evening, the affected districts are Baksa, Barpeta, Dhemaji, Dibrugarh, Golaghat, Jorhat, Kamrup, Lakhimpur, Nalbari, Sivasagar, Tinsukia, Udalguri and Sonitpur.
The Brahmaputra is flowing above the danger level (DL) in Dibrugarh and Neamatighat, while the Dhansiri is flowing above the DL at Numaligarh, the Jia Bharali is flowing above the DL at NT Road Crossing in Sonitpur, the Manas is flowing above the DL at NH Road Crossing in Barpeta district and the Beki is flowing above the DL at Road Bridge in Barpeta district, the bulletin said.
Staff Correspondent Dibrugarh adds: Teams from the State Disaster Response Force (SDRF) and Army have been rushed for rescue operations in the flood-affected areas of Tinsukia and Dibrugarh districts even as the surging Brahmaputra continues to spill over to more areas, inundating hundreds of houses, damaging standing crops, drowning tea plantations and disrupting road communication.
Over 65,000 people in Tinsukia district particularly in the Sadiya subdivision and about 1,20,000 people in Dibrugarh district have been reeling under the impact of the deluge. About 150 revenue villages have been reportedly come under the floodwaters in the districts and the vast affected areas have been the agricultural land with paddy crops. The Sadiya subdivision is the worst affected in Tinsukia district.
Additional Deputy Commissioner Prasenjit Gogoi, who is also in charge of the disaster management in the district, said that two teams of SDRF had reached Sadiya for rescue and relief operations although waterway ferrying was impossible over swelling Brahmaputra in the present harsh conditions.
�Relief and rescue operations are extremely difficult in most of the areas in Sadiya due to its inaccessibility. Use of helicopter is also not possible due to the weather conditions. However, we are exploring ways to reach the affected people in those areas,� Gogoi told this newspaper.
Army troops from 2/11 Gorkha Rifles who jumped into rescue and relief operations immediately after the flood in Makum area, rescued some 196 marooned civilians. They have also arranged for medicines and food for the affected people in the area. The Army has set up a rescue camp at Barakudi and has deployed jawans to patrol the flooded area with boats.
In Dibrugarh district, SDRF teams using rubber boats rescued some 2500 people including women and children from Madhupur areas under Dibrugarh (West) revenue circle. The Chabua and Dibrugarh (West) circles are the worst hit by the flood in the district where nearly one lakh population are affected. In Larua mouza of Dibrugarh West circle, the floodwater has even touched the house roofs. Road communication to this area has been cut off and relief materials are being ferried by boats. In Lahoal mouza of Dibrugarh (East) revenue circle, at least three tea estates � Oakland TE, Greenwood TE and Maijan TE � have come under the rising floodwaters. Tea plantations and workers� housing lines in Oakland TE have been totally inudated with neither the roof of the house nor tea bushes being visible. Chabua Circle Officer Reena Mech said that so far 17 revenue villages have been affected in her circle but the number could rise as the floodwater was spreading rapidly.
Due to the incessant rain, the artificial flood in the city, too, has spread to more areas. The NH 37 near Seujpur here has again come under floodwaters. Almost all wards in the municipal area have been hit with road communication snapped in most areas. However, official sources said that only 30 percent of the Sadar was reeling under the deluge.
Our Kohora Correspondent adds: Due to incessant rainfall during the last several days, water from the Brahmaputra have started flowing inside the Kaziranga National Park and submerged many of its camp areas. According to forest department sources, the water level in the Arimora area is rising and about six camps of Kohora Central range, three in Western range of Bagori, 11 in Eastern range of Agaratoli, three in Burapahar, three in Northern range and three under Bokakhat Beat have remained submerged.
GUWAHATI, Sept 21 � There seems to be no improvement in the overall flood situation for the State during the past 24 hours. Altogether 13 districts of the State have been affected by the current wave of flood. In total, 4, 15,051 people in 817 villages under 33 Revenue Circles of these districts have been affected by the flood. State Disaster Response Force and Army have been pressed into service in the rescue operations in the Upper Assam districts of Tinsukia and Dibrugarh.
One person has been reported drowned in the floodwater in Dibrugarh district. and road communication through the NH-31 has been suspended due to the submergence of the Highway in Rangiya area.
In 36 relief camps set up in different areas of the flood-hit districts, 40,611 people are taking shelter.
According to the official flood bulletin of the State Disaster Management Authority (SDMA) here this evening, the affected districts are Baksa, Barpeta, Dhemaji, Dibrugarh, Golaghat, Jorhat, Kamrup, Lakhimpur, Nalbari, Sivasagar, Tinsukia, Udalguri and Sonitpur.
The Brahmaputra is flowing above the danger level (DL) in Dibrugarh and Neamatighat, while the Dhansiri is flowing above the DL at Numaligarh, the Jia Bharali is flowing above the DL at NT Road Crossing in Sonitpur, the Manas is flowing above the DL at NH Road Crossing in Barpeta district and the Beki is flowing above the DL at Road Bridge in Barpeta district, the bulletin said.
Staff Correspondent Dibrugarh adds: Teams from the State Disaster Response Force (SDRF) and Army have been rushed for rescue operations in the flood-affected areas of Tinsukia and Dibrugarh districts even as the surging Brahmaputra continues to spill over to more areas, inundating hundreds of houses, damaging standing crops, drowning tea plantations and disrupting road communication.
Over 65,000 people in Tinsukia district particularly in the Sadiya subdivision and about 1,20,000 people in Dibrugarh district have been reeling under the impact of the deluge. About 150 revenue villages have been reportedly come under the floodwaters in the districts and the vast affected areas have been the agricultural land with paddy crops. The Sadiya subdivision is the worst affected in Tinsukia district.
Additional Deputy Commissioner Prasenjit Gogoi, who is also in charge of the disaster management in the district, said that two teams of SDRF had reached Sadiya for rescue and relief operations although waterway ferrying was impossible over swelling Brahmaputra in the present harsh conditions.
�Relief and rescue operations are extremely difficult in most of the areas in Sadiya due to its inaccessibility. Use of helicopter is also not possible due to the weather conditions. However, we are exploring ways to reach the affected people in those areas,� Gogoi told this newspaper.
Army troops from 2/11 Gorkha Rifles who jumped into rescue and relief operations immediately after the flood in Makum area, rescued some 196 marooned civilians. They have also arranged for medicines and food for the affected people in the area. The Army has set up a rescue camp at Barakudi and has deployed jawans to patrol the flooded area with boats.
In Dibrugarh district, SDRF teams using rubber boats rescued some 2500 people including women and children from Madhupur areas under Dibrugarh (West) revenue circle. The Chabua and Dibrugarh (West) circles are the worst hit by the flood in the district where nearly one lakh population are affected. In Larua mouza of Dibrugarh West circle, the floodwater has even touched the house roofs. Road communication to this area has been cut off and relief materials are being ferried by boats. In Lahoal mouza of Dibrugarh (East) revenue circle, at least three tea estates � Oakland TE, Greenwood TE and Maijan TE � have come under the rising floodwaters. Tea plantations and workers� housing lines in Oakland TE have been totally inudated with neither the roof of the house nor tea bushes being visible. Chabua Circle Officer Reena Mech said that so far 17 revenue villages have been affected in her circle but the number could rise as the floodwater was spreading rapidly.
Due to the incessant rain, the artificial flood in the city, too, has spread to more areas. The NH 37 near Seujpur here has again come under floodwaters. Almost all wards in the municipal area have been hit with road communication snapped in most areas. However, official sources said that only 30 percent of the Sadar was reeling under the deluge.
Our Kohora Correspondent adds: Due to incessant rainfall during the last several days, water from the Brahmaputra have started flowing inside the Kaziranga National Park and submerged many of its camp areas. According to forest department sources, the water level in the Arimora area is rising and about six camps of Kohora Central range, three in Western range of Bagori, 11 in Eastern range of Agaratoli, three in Burapahar, three in Northern range and three under Bokakhat Beat have remained submerged.
