Monsoon has gripped entire India, with many parts of the country reeling under floods, landslides and other rain-related mishaps that have claimed lives and displaced lakhs of people. Among the states grappling with the flood situation, Assam is the worst-hit, where eight people have died so far and over 16.25 lakh people in 27 districts were hit by the deluge on Wednesday, an official bulletin said. Incessant rains also led to flooding in several places in Manipur, with Imphal West and Imphal East districts inundated after embankments of two major rivers breached, forcing the evacuation of over 2,000 people, officials said on Wednesday.
Meanwhile, in the hilly and plain areas of north and central India, Srinagar in Jammu and Kashmir, which recorded its hottest July day in two decades on Wednesday, was hotter than Delhi, where temperatures dipped due to rains. According to the Meteorological Department, the maximum temperature on Wednesday fell after rain in many parts of Punjab and Haryana in the last 24 hours. As of Tuesday, more than 11.3 lakh people in 23 districts of Assam were affected by flood waters.
According to the daily flood report of the Assam State Disaster Management Authority (ASDMA), two people died in Tezpur revenue circle of Sonitpur district, while one person each drowned in Mayong of Morigaon, Naharkatia of Dibrugarh, Pub Mangaladi of Darang, Dergaon of Golaghat, Halem of Biswanath and Margherita of Tinsukia. With this, the total number of people who lost their lives in floods, landslides and storms this year has gone up to 56.
Apart from this, three more people are missing in Sonitpur, Sivasagar and Golaghat districts and are feared to be swept away in the flood waters. It said Dhubri is the worst affected, with over 2.23 lakh people suffering, followed by Darrang with around 1.84 lakh people and Lakhimpur with over 1.66 lakh people stranded in the floodwaters. The administration is operating 515 relief camps and relief distribution centres in 24 districts, where 3,86,950 people have currently taken shelter. About 8,400 people have been rescued by the civil administration, SDRF, NDRF and emergency service personnel from various parts of the state, the ASDMA said.
Its tributaries Subansiri at Badatighat, Burhidihing at Chenimari, Dikhow at Sivasagar, Disang at Nangalmuraghat, Dhansiri at Numaligarh and Kopili at Kampur and Dharmatul are flowing above the danger mark. The ASDMA said the Barak river was flowing above the danger mark at AP Ghat, BP Ghat, Chhotabakra and Phuletrak, while its tributaries Dhaleswari in Gharmura, Katakhal in Matijuri and Kushiyara in Karimganj town were also flowing above the danger mark.
