Assam floods: Major rivers in spate, 10 more deaths take toll to 81 | India News

A road damaged by flooding after heavy rain at a village, in the Nagaon district of Assam on Friday (ANI)

GUWAHATI: Assam’s flooding situation worsened after 10 other flood-related deaths were reported on Monday, which raised the toll to 81 on Monday even as the state government requested it. The IAF ships gasoline, diesel and geobags to the Barak valley, which remains cut off from the rest of the state by widespread flooding and landslides at many locations.
Seven other people were reported missing in the flood. According to the Assam Disaster Management Authority, more than 50,000 people have been affected since Sunday, bringing the total number of people affected to more than 470,000. More than 230,000 people affected by floods are currently sheltering in 810 temporary relief camps.
Among the dead were the officer in charge, Sammujal Kakoti, and police officer Rajiv Bordoloi of Kampur police station in Nagaon district, who drowned after being swept away by floodwater Sunday night while they were on their way. rescue some injured people. Two other policemen accompanying them were safely rescued by SDRF.
The state also lost four animals of the Kaziranga Nation on Monday. While one giraffe was drowning, two other giraffes and a leopard were trying to flee floodwaters up the highway when they were run over by speeding vehicles. The floodwaters of the Brahmaputra River have flooded about 18% of the UNESCO World Heritage Site.
Interior Minister, Interior Minister, Mr. Amit Shah, phoned Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma twice a day to inquire about the flood situation and informed him that a central team would soon visit the state. to assess the damage caused by the flood.
Sarma then said, “Except Karbi Anglong, all other districts are currently affected by floods and landslides. Surface communication between the Brahmaputra valley and the Barak valley has been completely severed. The IAF will conduct its largest transport exercise here and will transport ten thousand and eight thousand liters of petrol and diesel to Silchar and also to geobags”.
He added that rail communication between Silchar and Haflong, which was disrupted by major landslides last month, could resume from June 26 while train travel between Guwahati and Haflong will probably ride on rails from July 12.
The IMD reports that “Widespread rainfall accompanied by thunderstorms/lightning/heavy to very heavy with extreme rainfall in isolated areas is likely to continue across the northeast states over the next 48 hours and rain intensity will decrease after that.”