The flood situation in Assam deteriorated drastically today affecting about 1.95 lakh people in over 550 villages and destroying crops in more than 8,200 hectares in the Bramhaputra valley.
Assam State Disaster Management Authority (ASDMA) said in its daily flood report that more than 1.95 lakh people have been hit in the first wave of flood in Assam and as of now in 553 villages across Barpeta, Sonitpur, Dhemaji, Lakhimpur, Tinsukia, Darrang, Nalbari, Goalpara, Jorhat, Kamrup Metropolitan, Baksa, Dibrugarh and Kamrup districts.
Till yesterday, 81,000 people were affected. The flood death toll remained two, one each in Bongaigaon and Lakhimpur.
Deathly Brahmaputra
The report said Brahmaputra river is flowing above the danger mark at Nematighat in Jorhat district, Jia Bharali at NT Road crossing in Sonitpur and Puthimari at NH Road crossing in Kamrup district.
Lakhimpur has been worst-hit so far with 60,000 people reeling under floods there, followed by Barpeta where nearly more than 43,000 have been affected, it said adding the flood waters have inundated more than 8,200 hectares of crop areas.
Authorities have opened three relief camps at Tinsukia and one at Sonitpur where a total of 273 people are taking shelter.
ASDMA said a total 38 roads, bridges and culverts were damaged in Baksa, Tinsukia, Barpeta, Darrang, Nalbari and Sonitpur, while at least 11 breaches were noticed in embankments in a number of districts across the state.
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