Floods In Assam

AIMS LASTING FIX

In a bold move for the upcoming elections, the Asom Gana Parishad has rolled out its manifesto, championing the social, political, and economic welfare of Assam's indigenous populations by committing to the full realization of the Assam Accord. The party aims to elevate the pressing flood and erosion issues to national recognition.

Heavy and incessant rainfall in hills of Arunachal Pradesh has triggered the second wave of flood in Assam.

Hundreds of houses in the Raha area of Nagaon district got flooded on Tuesday after water was released from a dam of Karbi Langpi hydropower project in Karbi Anglong.

The year's first floods struck Assam's Dibrugarh district on Wednesday, affecting over 3,000 people, including 1,000 children.

With flood waters entering some areas of Kamrup district today, a total of five districts have have been affected by flood in Assam.

Union minister of state for home affairs Khiren Rijiju on Saturday made aerial surveys in flood-hit Assam and Meghalaya and promised central help for the two states where at least 70 people have died so far.

"Our humanitarian colleagues tell us that nearly 4 million people were displaced in the state of Assam in India and neighbouring Nepal due to heavy flooding from monsoon rains, with the death toll at 189.

The toll due to floods in assam's state capital rose to 11 on Saturday when one person was electrocuted even as the torrential rains ceased.

Gourav Gogoi of the Congress asked the Centre to declare floods in assam a national disaster and said 15 persons have been killed and over 43 lakh displaced by the natural calamity. Mohammad Jawed of the Congress said the Centre had extended no help to flood victims in Bihar. People have been forced to eat rats, he said.

Union minister for development of northeastern region (DoNER) Vijay Kumar Singh today said floods in assam is "nothing new".

Nayan Sharma of IIT-Roorkee believes there is no permanent solution to Assam's floods but finding a durable solution should be aimed at.

As on Thursday, 9,988 people across six districts are affected by floods. Several areas in Lakhimpur, Nagaon, Golaghat, Jorhat, Sivasagar and Karimganj districts continue to be inundated. A total of 2,300 people are taking shelter in 12 relief camps.

Over 6,000 people, including 1,933 children of 96 villages in Assam’s two eastern districts of Tinsukia and Dibrugarh, have been hit by floods in the last 24 hours even as heavy rains continue to lash the state.

The flood situation in Assam worsened on Monday with the Brahmaputra and its tributaries continuing to rise.

The first wave of floods this year hit the Majuli river island in the state on Sunday after days of incessant, heavy rainfall.

The floods might have just finished ravaging Majuli, but nature has no plans to stop her onslaught on the sand island just now.

Torrential showers continued to lash north and east India, deteriorating flood situation in Assam and Delhi and killing six people in West Bengal.

Over 25,000 people have been affected in 42 villages across Assam in second round of floods this year.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday called up Assam chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma and enquired about the flood situation in the state. Modi expressed concern over the hardships faced by the people affected by the deluge and assured all possible help from the Centre to the state.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday announced a total package of Rs 2,350 crore for all northeastern states hit by floods and immediate release of Rs 250 crore for flood-hit Assam, as he undertook a visit here to assess the situation in the region.

The flood situation in Assam improved on Sunday, even though nearly seven lakh people across 17 districts continue to suffer from the deluge, officials said.

The flood situation in Assam worsened further on Sunday with two more persons losing their lives in the deluge which affected nearly 9.3 lakh people in 23 districts, the State Disaster Management Authority (ASDMA) said.

The three Siang districts of Arunachal, still cut-off from rest of the state for the seventh day, and the flood-hit Dhemaji in Assam are facing a crisis of petroleum products and other essential commodities.