Incessant rains wreak havoc in Assam; over hundred villages inundated

With the incessant rains, the misery that comes with floods is back to haunt the people of Assam. Several hundreds of villages have been inundated forcing people out of the homes. Assam’s sorrow during monsoon the mighty Brahmaputra was reported to be swelling in several places, while its tributaries were other causes of worry. There were reports of at least three people drowning and more than one lakh people being affected by the flood caused by the pre-monsoon rains that is lashing Assam. Brahmaputra and its tributaries were flowing at danger levels in several flood prone districts of Lower and Upper Assam particularly in Lakhimpur, Dhemaji, Dibrugarh, Tinsukia and Nalbari. Two persons were feared drowned in the Brahmaputra at Guijan in Tinsukia district Friday morning according to sources. Situation worsened in Lakhimpur district, where an alert has been sounded, with breaching of two embankments and flood water entering 50 villages and in neighbouring Dhemaji district water overtopping roads and bridges. The Brahmaputra was also showing a rising trend in Tinsukia’s Sadiya areas. Flood waters have entered Dibru-Saikhowa National Park in the district, forcing animals to flee to the highlands inside the forest. Most of the flood affected people have taken shelter on raised platforms, embankments, railway tracks and in government schools. Gushing waters destroyed several thatched houses. Meanwhile, flood waters in Lakhimpur district refuse to recede on Friday even as more more areas have come under the surging waters. NEEPCO has released more waters from its dams on Thursday to make the things more worse. But Dispur still in deep sleep. This was what the Deputy Commissioner told NETV as he came to visit the flood affected areas with MP Ranee Narah. He claimed to have remained in constant touch with NEEPCO. He further denied any possibility of flood. But the entire area came under the surging waters hardly 24 hours after his assurance rendering thousands of people homeless. The flood waters have submerged over one hundred villages in Naoboisa and Bihpuria. But one from the distant Dispur has come to visit the marooned people. Bharat Narah has not visit these people. Naoboisa MLA Sanjoyraj Subba seems to have got up only after NETV aired the story. Subba drew wrath of the people as he reached them. But he clearly blamed it all on the NEEPCO. Lakhimpur still remains cut off from the rest of the state after flood waters damaged a portion of the National Highway No 52. Trucks loaded with essential commodities are remaining stranded on the road. If the situation remains unchanged, crisis of essential commodities will hit the people hard. If the district administration remains a mute spectator, the situation will span out of control as all the dykes in the district are in bad shape.

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