New Delhi: A second wave of floods hit Assam on Tuesday, as incessant rainfall occurred at several places, killing two persons and affecting nearly 37,000 people across four districts.
According to reports, Assam State Disaster Management Authority (ASDMA) project coordinator Pankaj Chakrabarty said the situation in the four districts is “not very bad yet”. A bulletin issued by the authority on Tuesday evening said that 1,071 people have been sent to relief camps opened in Dhemaji and Sivasagar. Two deaths were also reported, one from Sivasagar and the other from Nazira, in the past two days. “But in the next four-five days, heavy rain is expected and it (flood situation) might take a turn for the worse. For now, it is under control,” Chakrabarty said, according to the Indian Express.
With this, the death toll in this year’s floods has gone up to 12 in the state.
The ASDMA said almost 37,000 persons have been affected due to floods in Dhemaji, Jorhat, Sivasagar and Dibrugarh districts. Dhemaji is the worst hit with nearly 15,000 people affected, followed by Sivasagar with more than 14,000 people and Dibrugarh with around 6,500 persons.
At present, 99 villages are underwater and 4,329 hectares of crop areas have been damaged, the authority said.
It further said authorities are running 37 relief camps and distribution centres in two districts, where 1,071 people are taking shelter currently.
The authorities have distributed a total of 367.72 quintals of rice, dal and salt along with other relief materials like candles, mosquito coils, matchboxes, drinking water, soap, tarpaulin, mosquito net, milk, biscuits and other snacks.
The Brahmaputra is flowing above the danger mark at Nimatighat in Jorhat and Dhubri town in Dhubri districts.
Its tributaries Dikhow at Sivasagar town, Disang at Nanglamuraghat in Sivasagar, Dhansiri at Numaligarh in Golaghat and Jia Bharali at NT Road Crossing in Sonitpur are flowing above danger marks.
Embankments, roads and other infrastructure has been damaged at various places in Sivasagar, Dhemaji and Jorhat districts.
Massive erosions have been witnessed at different places of Dibrugarh, ASDMA said.
(With PTI inputs from Guwahati)