‘Water has reached our chest’: 1.7 lakh people hit by Assam floods
Six teams of the National Disaster Response Force with 24 boats were deployed for rescue operations in Sivasagar and Charaideo districts, while another two teams with 10 boats were deployed in Jorhat district.
Five people died and over 3.6 lakh were affected after incessant rain led to flooding in Assam.
Eastern Assam was particularly affected as five rivers were flowing above the danger level on Monday.
Six teams of the National Disaster Response Force with 24 boats were deployed for rescue operations in Sivasagar and Charaideo districts, while another two teams with 10 boats were deployed in Jorhat district.
As of Monday evening, a total of 6,710 people were evacuated from affected areas by boats, of whom 5,526 are from Charaideo and 1,000 are from Jorhat.
Four people in Jorhat district died in the flooding on Monday, and another person died in Karbi Anglong.
Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma announced that the Assam government requested the Army and the Air Force to be on standby to support evacuation and rescue operations if necessary.
Prodip Kalita, a resident of the Nazira area in Sivasagar district, said his house was flooded and that the water was coming up to the chest level.
“It has been raining since Sunday morning, and the paddy fields around our house started filling up with water. But we thought that it would drain away after some time once the rain stopped. However, it rained throughout till late afternoon, and then we heard that the Dikhow river had swelled up. Within no time, the water from the river swelled over and reached our house,” he said.
According to the Assam Disaster Management Authority (ASDMA), the Dikhow river at Sivasagar was flowing at “extreme flood situation” as of 9 am on Monday, flowing at 2.10 metres above its “danger level” of 92.4 metres. At noon, it announced that another river, the Dhansiri in Golaghat district, was flowing at “severe flood situation”. Three other rivers, the Burhidihing in Khowang, the Disang in Nganglamuraghat and the Brahmaputra in Neamatighat, were also flowing “above danger level”.
Announcing efforts to address the overflowing rivers, the Assam government said in a statement, “Sand-filled bags are being laid along the Dikhow embankment, pipping at the Disang embankment in Baruahchuk is being addressed, Type-B geobags are being dumped at Santipur to restore the Disang riverbank and flood fighting works continue at the Jhanji embankment NArkonwar Bailung Gaon.”
Five people died and over 3.6 lakh were affected after incessant rain led to flooding in Assam.
Eastern Assam was particularly affected as five rivers were flowing above the danger level on Monday.
Six teams of the National Disaster Response Force with 24 boats were deployed for rescue operations in Sivasagar and Charaideo districts, while another two teams with 10 boats were deployed in Jorhat district.
As of Monday evening, a total of 6,710 people were evacuated from affected areas by boats, of whom 5,526 are from Charaideo and 1,000 are from Jorhat.
Four people in Jorhat district died in the flooding on Monday, and another person died in Karbi Anglong.
Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma announced that the Assam government requested the Army and the Air Force to be on standby to support evacuation and rescue operations if necessary.
Prodip Kalita, a resident of the Nazira area in Sivasagar district, said his house was flooded and that the water was coming up to the chest level.
“It has been raining since Sunday morning, and the paddy fields around our house started filling up with water. But we thought that it would drain away after some time once the rain stopped. However, it rained throughout till late afternoon, and then we heard that the Dikhow river had swelled up. Within no time, the water from the river swelled over and reached our house,” he said.
According to the Assam Disaster Management Authority (ASDMA), the Dikhow river at Sivasagar was flowing at “extreme flood situation” as of 9 am on Monday, flowing at 2.10 metres above its “danger level” of 92.4 metres. At noon, it announced that another river, the Dhansiri in Golaghat district, was flowing at “severe flood situation”. Three other rivers, the Burhidihing in Khowang, the Disang in Nganglamuraghat and the Brahmaputra in Neamatighat, were also flowing “above danger level”.
Announcing efforts to address the overflowing rivers, the Assam government said in a statement, “Sand-filled bags are being laid along the Dikhow embankment, pipping at the Disang embankment in Baruahchuk is being addressed, Type-B geobags are being dumped at Santipur to restore the Disang riverbank and flood fighting works continue at the Jhanji embankment NArkonwar Bailung Gaon.”
