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One lakh affected by Assam floods

Sushanta Talukdar

Guwahati: About one lakh people of Dhakuakhana sub-division of upper Assam’s Lakhimpur district have been affected after floodwaters of the Brahmaputra submerged 100 villages.

Principal Secretary, Revenue and Disaster Management, Binod Pipersenia told The Hindu that the floodwaters spilled through a breach in Matmora embankment in Dhakuakhana, that had occurred during the previous year’s flood.

Geo-textile tubes filled with sand, which were used to plug the breach were also washed away.

Mr. Pipersenia said it was expected that the Malaysian company engaged in plugging the breach would be able finish the work before the onset of the flood, but this did not happen because of the the unpredictability of the Brahmaputra.

The district administration has already acquisitioned the service of the rescue team from the National Disaster Response Force of the Border Security Force.

Water levels

In Majuli river-island, several villages in the upper reaches were inundated when floodwaters entered through a breach in an embankment. According to a Central Water Commission report, the Brahmaputra at Dibrugarh was flowing, with a falling trend, at 105.41 m against the danger level of 104.24 m , while at Nimatighat in Jorhat district the level was at 85.55 m against the danger level of 85.04 m with a rising trend.

The river Puthimari at Puthimari village was flowing at 51.94 m against the danger level of 51.81 m with a falling trend, at 5 p.m on Thursday.

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