Assam Floods: The Brahmaputra is flowing above the hazard stage at some locations (Representational)
Guwahati:
Floods in Assam deteriorated on Friday as huge areas of two extra districts have been inundated, affecting 1.70 lakh extra folks, the Assam State Disaster Management Authority (ASDMA) mentioned in a report.
It mentioned 3,41,837 folks of 32 income circles of 14 districts are actually affected by the deluge.
The two new districts the place floodwaters entered since Thursday are Udalgiri and Dibrugarh.
This flood and landslides have claimed 64 folks’s lives thus far throughout the state with 40 having been killed in incidents associated to the deluge and 24 dying in landslides.
Meanwhile, the Regional Meteorological Centre (RMC) predicted extra rainfall in numerous locations throughout Assam and neighbouring Meghalaya.
RMC Deputy Director Sanjay O’neil Shaw mentioned that very heavy rainfall at some locations and very heavy falls at remoted locations are anticipated on Saturday.
The ASDMA mentioned Dhemaji continued to be the worst-hit district with round 1.Three lakh affected folks, adopted by Lakhimpur with 75,000 folks and Barpeta with 63,000 folks.
At current, 724 villages within the affected 14 districts are underneath water and 46,797.09 hectares of crop space have been broken, it mentioned.
The ASDMA mentioned the authorities have been working 41 aid camps and distribution centres in six districts, the place 2,386 folks have taken shelter.
The Brahmaputra is flowing above the hazard stage at Nimatighat in Jorhat, Tezpur in Sonitpur and Dhubri city in Dhubri districts.
Its tributaries Disang at Nanglamuraghat in Sivasagar, Dhansiri at Numaligarh in Golaghat, Jia Bharali at NT Road Crossing in Sonitpur and Beki at Road Bridge in Barpeta are flowing above the hazard mark.
Embankments, roads, bridges, culverts and different infrastructure have been broken at numerous locations in Lakhimpur, Biswanath and Dhemaji districts.
Massive erosions have been witnessed at completely different locations of Bongaigaon, Biswanath, Sonitpur, Udalguri, Kokrajhar and South Salmara districts, the ASDMA mentioned.
The deluge has thus far claimed the lives of 48 animals of various species on the Kaziranga National Park, the bulletin mentioned, quoting the DFO of Eastern Assam Wildlife Division.
The flood has additionally affected 2,36,074 home animals and poultry throughout the state over the last 24 hours, it added.
The flood-affected districts are Dhemaji, Lakhimpur, Charaideo, Biswanath, Udalguri, Chirang, Nalbari, Barpeta, Goalpara, Morigaon, Nagaon, Golaghat, Dibrugarh and Tinsukia.