NEW DELHI: Incessant heavy rains throughout the week have led to flooding and landslides in Indian states of Assam, Tripura, Mizoram and Manipur, resulting in loss of at least 14 lives.
Train services, as well as normal life, have also been badly affected. In Assam alone, over 0,3 million people have so far been reeling under flood conditions, according to media reports from Guwahati, according to a report by www.thewire.in.
Reports quoting Assam State Disaster Management Authority flood bulletin on June 15 said on the third day of the first wave of floods in the state, the number of flood-hit had been counted at 3,86,570 belonging to 668 villages of seven districts – Hojai, Cachar, Golaghat, Hailakhandi, Karimganj, Karbi Anglong (East) and Karbi Anglong (West).
Incidents of flooding have also been reported from some parts of the capital city of Guwahati. Reports of houses being damaged due to landslides have come from the Karbi Anglong districts. Road connectivity has also been disrupted due to washing away of bridges and parts of roads. Flooding of parts of the National Highway no. 37 in Bokakhat sub-division of Golaghat district has also been reported. The highway runs through the Kaziranga National Park.
Till June 15, 471 people marooned in the flood waters had been rescued by the state authorities. As many as 162 relief camps have been set up to provide shelter to those rendered homeless.
Local media reports on the morning of June 16 also stated that an unidentified body had been found floating in the flood waters in Assam’s Hojai district. This takes the death toll to flooding and landslides to five in the state.