Northeast floods: Situation remains grim
The flood situation in Assam worsened as four more people lost their lives, taking the death toll in the region to 17, officials said.
Although the situation improved marginally in Tripura and Mizoram in the past 24 hours, one more person died in Manipur from flood-related incidents.
According to the Assam State Disaster Management Authority (ASDMA), four persons lost their lives in flood and landslide related incidents during the last 24 hours.
While one person each died at Sadar and Lakhipur revenue circles in Cachar district, one person lost his life at Lanka in Hojai, it added.
Heavy rainfall triggered landslide at Mahur, Harangajao and Maibang under Haflong revenue circle in Dima Hasao, where one person lost his life, the ASDMA said.
With this, the total number of persons losing their lives has gone up to seven in the first wave of flood this year. The ASDMA said over 4.25 lakh people have been affected in Assam's Hojai, Karbi Anglong East, Karbi Anglong West, Golaghat, Karimganj, Hailakandi and Cachar districts.
Karimganj has been the worst-affected with over 1.95 lakh people, followed by Hailakandi with almost 1.89 lakh people.
Currently, 716 villages are under water and 3,292 hectares of crop areas have been damaged, the ASDMA said.
Due to landslide between the Bandarkhal and Damchara station, rail movement continued to remain suspended in the Lumding-Badarpur section, Northeast Frontier Railway Chief Public Relations Officer Pranav Jyoti Sharma said.
The ASDMA said authorities are running 213 relief camps and distribution centres in five districts, where 1,00,010 people have taken shelter. Nearly 350 people have been evacuated to safer places during the last 24 hours by the SDRF and NDRF personnel from Karimganj, Hailakandi and Cacahar.
Landslides
have
taken
place
at
three
locations
in
Guwahati
city,
but
no
casualties
has
been
reported
so
far.
Currently,
Brahmaputra
at
Nimatighat
in
Jorhat,
while
Barak
at
AP
Ghat
in
Cachar
and
Badarpurghat
in
Karimganj
are
flowing
above
the
danger
marks.
Other
rivers
like
Dhansiri
at
Numaligarh
in
Golaghat,
Jia
Bharali
at
NT
Road
crossing
in
Sonitpur,
Kopili
at
Kampur
in
Nagaon,
Katakhal
at
Matizuri
in
Hailakandi
and
Kushiyara
at
Karimganj
town
are
flowing
above
the
danger
marks.
In
Manipur,
one
person
died
in
Imphal
West
district,
official
sources
said.
However,
the
intensity
of
rainfall
decreased
in
Imphal
this
morning,
but
the
situation
was
yet
to
improve
in
the
valley
districts
of
Thoubal,
Imphal
West
and
Bishnupur,
they
said.
A
fisherman
drowned
in
a
swollen
river
in
Imphal
West
district
yesterday,
a
report
issued
by
the
Relief
and
Disaster
Management
Department
noted,
adding
that
more
than
1.8
lakh
people
have
been
affected
by
the
floods.
The
number
of
damaged
houses
across
the
state
has
increased
to
22,624
yesterday
from
12,500
on
Thursday,
necessitating
the
setting
up
of
48
new
relief
camps,
it
said.
The flood situation has slightly improved in Tripura even as over 40,000 people continue to remain stranded in 189 relief camps across the state, the sources said. The flood situation also improved in Mizoram today with the water level of river Tlawng and Langkaih receding, officials said.
Disaster Management and Rehabilitation department officials said though the water level of Tlawng and Langkaih river in Lunglei district has started receding, but 500 families were displaced and a number of houses were still under the water.