Rain recedes to deficient level, 2 more deaths in NE take toll to 48

Time of India

2 days ago

Guwahati: After relentless rain for almost a week, showers in worst flood-affected northeastern states, Assam and Manipur, finally receded to deficient level over the last 24 hours.
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The number of flood affected population in Assam has declined by more than one lakh, with the number down to 5.6 lakh on Thursday as compared to 6.79 lakh on Wednesday, according to a report from Assam State Disaster Management Authority (ASDMA).
However, ASDMA confirmed two more death in the last 24 hours. While a child succumbed to the flood in Hailakandi, a man died of similar cause in Sribhumi, taking the total number of casualties due to the natural calamity in the northeast up to 48.
The number of flood-affected people in Assam has declined for the first time, since last week, when rain started wreaking havoc. Although floodwaters of Brahmaputra and its major tributaries showed a receding trend on Thursday, relief camps remained full across various places in the state as hundreds of villages remained inundated and ravaged.
As per the central water commission report, Brahmaputra has been flowing above the danger level only in western district of Dhubri, while its tributaries Burhidihing and Kopili were also flowing above danger mark.
South Assam's major river Barak was flowing above danger level at AP ghat, BP ghat, along with other rivers Dhaleswari, Katakhal and Kushiyara.
As per an ASDMA report, 41,413 people were in relief camps across various districts.
A total of 19 districts, including Hailakandi, Cachar, Sribhumi, Dibrugarh, Kamrup, Morigaon, Golaghat, Biswanath, Hojai, Nagaon, Dhemaji, Darrang, Sonitpur, Sivasagar, Goalpara, Jorhat, Lakhimpur, Tinsukia and Kamrup (Metro), have been affected by flood, the report said.ASDMA said a total of 1,433 villages and over 19,000 hectares of crop area have been affected by the floods across 63 revenue circles in various districts.
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Sribhumi, which has been the worst-affected district, has had the highest number of people being affected at 2.15 lakh, while in Hailakandi the number stood at 1.79 lakh and in Cachar at 80,000, the ASDMA report said.
IMD has issued yellow alert for Barak Valley districts and several hill and upper Assam districts for Friday. The Met office has warned that isolated places in Assam and Meghalaya may experience heavy rainfall on Friday.
In Manipur, the flood situation has shown significant improvement, since Thursday morning. Even as the water level receded in major rivers, Army and Assam Rifles continued relief operations under the Operation Jalrahat-II, with 1.65 lakh people being affected. While floodwaters have receded from many areas, the families face a challenge to clean their houses.
In Arunachal Pradesh, over 33,000 people have been affected. Six people, including three children, were reportedly stranded in a village for about last six days in Dibang Valley district after a key bridge was washed away. They have been stranded at Mawali village, as the bridge was the only medium of communication.