First wave of floods continues to hit Asom

Guwahati, Jun 4 (UNI) The first wave of flood continued to hit Dhemji and Central Asom even as the weather looked up.

The floods had already rendered 25,000 people homeless and snapped road and rail communications of Dhemji district, which remained under water for four months every year.

Floodwaters of the Brahmaputra had inundated at least 70 villages in the districts of Nagaon, Dhemji, Tinsukia, Karimganj and Hailakandi, said C Nath, an official spokesperson.

''At least 25,000 people have been forced to take shelter in makeshift arrangements with floodwaters submerging villages,'' a government statement said.

''At least 22 villages spread over 947 hectare of land have been submerged with another 642 hectare of agricultural fields already devastated by the floods,'' said the statement.

An NF railway official informed that a breach in a canal had washed away a major section of the rail track between Rangia and Rangapara in northern Assam and the link had remained snapped since Thursday.

According to a Central Water Commission bulletin yesterday, the Brahmaputra was flowing above the danger level in at least six places with the river maintaining a rising trend.

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