Tuesday, 26 April 2016

Almost 1 Lakh People Affected In Floods Across 6 Assam Districts

Dispur: According to an official release by the Assam State Disaster Management Authority (ASDMA), nearly one lakh people were suffering in Jorhat, Sivasagar, Tinsukia, Dibrugarh, Cachar and Charaideo districts.

Authorities have opened 40 relief camps in Sivasagar, Tinsukia, Dibrugarh and Charaideo where 7,412 inmates were taking shelter. So far nearly 5,000 hectares of crop area have been inundated by flood water. Currently, Burhidihing and Desang Naglamuraga rivers were flowing above the danger mark in Sivasagar.

Army, NDRF and SDRF teams have been deployed for search and rescue operations in flood affected areas of Charaideo district. Relief materials have been distributed to flood affected people in Sivasagar, Dibrugarh, Tinsukia and Charaideo.

Landslides in Dima Hasao district have also cut off road and railway communication to the Barak Valley in southern Assam. An official in the Northeast Frontier Railway headquarters said that the train services that had resumed on Sunday after clearing the debris at several places had to be cancelled once again on Monday due to fresh landslides between Lumding and Badarpur.

Weather condition continued to remain very inclement in affected areas as road communication remained disrupted to the Barak Valley.

In Arunachal Pradesh, the death toll caused by landslides has reached 19 after one more person was killed in Hayuliang in Anjaw district on Sunday evening. An official in Itanagar said that while road communication to Hawai, the Anjaw district headquarters, remained cut off for the fourth consecutive day on Monday, fresh landslides have completely cut off the district from the rest of the world.



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