Assam Floods: Extremely Heavy Rainfall Predicted, Over 35,000 Affected In Nine Districts. Top Points

According to the daily flood report of the ASDMA, at present 523 villages have been submerged under waters and 5,842.78 hectares of crop areas have been damaged across Assam.

A woman and her child stand near their house submerged in flood waters at a village in Assam's Morigaon district.

Source : PTI

New Delhi: The flood situation in Assam continues to be critical on Wednesday as the Pagladiya River damaged a bridge connecting Dhamdhama to Tamulpur and submerged several roads in Assam's Nalbari town. Heavy rainfall was observed overnight in several places with over 35,000 people reeling under the deluge across nine districts of the state.

Lakhimpur is the worst hit with over 22,00 people affected, followed by Dibrugarh with more than 3,900 people and Kokrajhar with more than 2,700 persons, reported news agency PTI. 

#WATCH | Pagladiya River damages a bridge connecting Dhamdhama to Tamulpur and submerges several roads in Assam's Nalbari pic.twitter.com/KdZKnNe6cA

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According to the daily flood report of the Assam State Disaster Management Authority (ASDMA), at present 523 villages have been submerged under waters and 5,842.78 hectares of crop areas have been damaged across Assam.

As per PTI, the Bhutan Government and the India Meteorological Department (IMD) have predicted heavy to extremely heavy rainfall over the next few days in the upper catchment areas, which may result in rising water levels in the Brahmaputra and its tributaries.

Here are the latest updates: 

• IMD issued a 'Red Alert' and predicted 'very heavy' to 'extremely heavy' rainfall across several districts of Assam over the next few days. IMD's Regional Meteorological Centre (RMC) in Guwahati has issued a 'Red Alert' for 24 hours from Tuesday, followed by an 'Orange Alert' for Wednesday and a 'Yellow Alert' for Thursday.
  
  
• ASDMA said that the Royal Government of Bhutan has issued a weather advisory stating that cloudy weather with light to moderate rainfall may occur in isolated areas of the country in the next 2-3 days, potentially leading to rising water levels in the Brahmaputra and its tributaries.
  
  
• IMD further said that continuous rainfall in both the upper catchment areas of Bhutan and Assam along with the release of water from the Kurichhu Dam in the neighbouring country has led to rising water levels and floods in the western part of the state.
  
  
• According to the daily flood report of the ASDMA, nearly 34,100 people are hit due to floods in Baksa, Barpeta, Darrang, Dibrugarh, Kokrajhar, Lakhimpur, Nalbari, Sonitpur, and Udalguri districts.
  
  
• The administration has been operating one relief camp in Kokrajhar, where 56 persons have taken shelter, and running 24 relief distribution centres in four districts.
  
  
• According to ASDMA, massive erosions have been observed in districts such as Barpeta, Sonitpur, Bongaigaon, Dhubri, Dibrugarh, Golaghat, Kamrup, Morigaon, Nalbari, Sivasagar, and Udalguri. Incidents of landslides have also been reported in Dima Hasao and Karimganj due to heavy rainfall.
  
  
• The flood waters have damaged embankments, roads, bridges, and other infrastructure in Udalguri, Sonitpur, Darrang, Bongaigaon, Chirang, Dhubri, Goalpara, Kamrup, Karimganj, Kokrajhar, Nagaon, Nalbari and Barpeta.