Assam flood situation worsens

The flood situation in Assam today deteriorated further with the water level of the Brahmaputra and its tributaries rising alarmingly and inundating fresh tracts of land.

           
The worst affected districts are Lakhimpur and Jorhat in Upper Assam and the situation was turning worse in several other districts, official sources said.

           
More than 70 villages have been inundated in Lakhimpur by the rising waters of Ranganadi, Dikroi, Kakoi and Singra, all tributaries of the Brahmpautra and the worst affected are the villages under the Naoboicha revenue circle, they said.

           
In Jorhat district, Brahmaputra's tributary Saraikoni river has breached two embankments under Titabor sub-division inundating 40 villages including 15 schools and a sattra (vaishnav monastery).

           
The other affected districts are Tinsukia, Dibrugarh, Dhemaji and Morigaon.

           
More than fifty thousand people have been affected and road communication disrupted in several parts of these districts due to over-topping of the roads by flood water.

           
The state government has directed the district authorities to provide necessary relief and rehabilitation to the affected, sources said.