Assam: Second wave of flood hits 5 districts leaving around 40,000 people homeless

The water level of several rivers including the mighty Brahmaputra at different parts of Assam are flowing above danger level causing flood and consequently leaving thousands of families homeless.

The Brahmaputra is flowing above the danger level at Neematighat in Jorhat and Dhubri whiel Dikhow in Sivasagar, Disang in Sivasagar, Dhansiri in Golaghat and Jia Bharali in Sonitpur.

The Brahmaputra is flowing just below the danger level in Dibrugarh, Dhola, Pasighat, Tezu, Naharkatia . The mighty river is flowing at 105.43M in Dibrugarh, 127.32M in Dhola, 153.20M in Pasighat, 189.50M in Tezu and 116.89M in Naharkatia.

The second-wave of the flood has affected 102 villages in five districts in the state – Dhemaji, Jorhat, Majuli, Sivasagar and Dibrugarh. A total of 37,375 people and 5,031 hectares of crop area have been affected in the second wave of the flood so far. Meanwhile, 27 relief camps have been installed in three districts.

Dhemaji is the worst affected district in the state, A total of 15,453 have been affected in Dhemaji followed by 10622 in Dibrugarh district in Upper Assam.

Also read: Assam: Second wave of flood hits Dhemaji leaving hundreds of families homeless

Previous Flood

A total of 212 villages are still impacted. So far, a total of 144322 people are affected. This has increased from 30,000 people initially on the first day to 1,94,916 to 2,71,655 to 2,90,000 but now it has decreased put out by the previous data released by the Assam State Disaster Management Authority (ASDMA).

Out of the almost 2 lakh people affected, the most are from Goalpara (116049) with Balijana, Matia, and Lakipur facing the maximum brunt. Another dynamic of the problem in Goalpara has been the water from the Garo Hills, Meghalaya flowing down to the villages. Apart from the submerged areas of Balijana and Lakipur, there are other places that risk getting affected by flood. Kampur in Nagaon is also affected.

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