Tag: Assam Flood

  • Assam flood: 5 extra die, over 18.35 lakh other folks nonetheless affected 

    Via PTI

    GUWAHATI: Assam’s flood state of affairs advanced on Sunday because the collection of affected other folks declined to over 18.35 lakh from the day gone by’s 22.17 lakh at the same time as 5 extra individuals misplaced their lives because of the deluge, an legit bulletin mentioned.

    In step with the day by day bulletin issued through the Assam State Crisis Control Authority (ASDMA), the 5 individuals drowned at quite a lot of puts in Karimganj, Lakhimpur, Nagaon and Sivasagar districts throughout the day.

    The toll because of the flood and landslides this yr rose to 179 around the state. Greater than 18,35,500 individuals are nonetheless affected because of the flood throughout 23 districts, it added.

  • Flood state of affairs in Assam worsens, 5 extra other folks die 

    By means of PTI

    GUWAHATI: The flood state of affairs in Assam deteriorated on Tuesday with 5 extra other folks shedding their lives and 24.

    92 lakh other folks struggling within the deluge, officers mentioned.

    Maximum portions of Silchar in Cachar district persevered to stay underwater — over per week now, they mentioned.

    3 other folks died in Cachar and one every in Morigaon and Dhubri.

    With those deaths, the toll on this 12 months’s flood rose to 139, they added.

    3 other folks had been additionally lacking — two in Cachar and one in Chirang district, in keeping with the Assam State Crisis Control Authority (ASDMA).

    Within the remaining 24 hours, 24.92 lakh other folks had been suffering from the floods in 28 districts of the state.

    On Monday, 21.52 lakh other folks had been struggling in 22 districts.

    Brahmaputra, Beki, Kopili, Barak and Kushiyara had been flowing above the chance marks, whilst waters had been receding in maximum different rivers.

    Leader Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma visited the severely-affected districts of Bajali and Barpeta all through the day and interacted with the affected other folks.

    In Bajali, he inspected a breached embankment at Kuruwa in Patacharkuchi and the flood state of affairs at Charalpara Nayapara in Bhabanipur, but even so visiting two aid camps.

    An quantity of Rs 9 crore has been sanctioned for strengthening the embankment of Pahumara river and the development of a street on it, he introduced.

    Within the worst-hit Barpeta district, Sarma visited 3 aid camps and confident the folk that steps will probably be taken for dredging Harijan river.

    In Silchar, tourism minister Jayanta Malla Barua reviewed the flood aid and rescue operations.

    A crew of the Nationwide Well being Undertaking (NHM), led by way of its Assam Undertaking Director MS Lakshmi Priya, additionally visited town to make sure correct clinical amenities for the affected other folks.

    Scientific officials and paramedical body of workers had been deployed and well being camps began within the other aid centres for the prevention of sicknesses, a commentary issued by way of NHM mentioned.

    A complete of seven,212 other folks had been screened all through the day, and the ones discovered to be very in poor health had been despatched to health facility.

    Cachar Deputy Commissioner Keerthi Jalli mentioned water pouches and water purifying pills are being allotted some of the other folks.

    Paintings is underway to fix the broken dyke at Bethukandi, which resulted in the flooding of town, Jalli mentioned.

    A complete of two,389 villages in 72 earnings circles had been affected around the state, whilst 1,76,201 other folks have taken refuge in 555 aid camps, in keeping with the ASDMA.

    Floodwaters have broken 155 roads and 5 bridges, whilst seven embankments had been breached — 5 in Hailakandi and two in Bishwanath, it mentioned.

    A crop space of 85,673.62 hectares remains to be inundated and four,304 animals had been washed away.

    Largescale erosion was once reported from Chirang, Dibrugarh and Hailakandi districts, amongst others.

    Two landslides had been reported from Karimganj and Lakhimpur however there was once no casualty.

  • Assam natives level protest at Jantar Mantar hard particular bundle for flood-hit Silchar 

    Via PTI

    NEW DELHI: Other people hailing from Assam’s Barak Valley and residing in Delhi-NCR on Sunday staged an illustration at Jantar Mantar hard a different financial bundle for the rehabilitation of flood-hit Silchar, which has been seriously suffering from floods.

    The protestors additionally sought a deliberate distribution of aid fabrics within the flood-hit spaces.

    Other people in extremely affected spaces reminiscent of Rangirkhari, Nationwide Freeway Highway, Hyperlink Highway, Public Faculty Highway and Chengkuri Highway are but to get right kind aid fabrics, together with consuming water, they stated.

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    Accusing the Cachar district management of an “unplanned” rescue and aid operation, Joydeep Samaddar, a local of Silchar residing Delhi, stated, “The rescue and aid operations are completely unplanned. Early life teams and NGOs have been attaining out to stranded other people in far-flung spaces by way of risking their lives as they do not have lifestyles jackets and specialized boats for flood aid paintings.”

    Rajib Mehera, who works at a non-public company in Delhi, demanded from the central and state governments a different financial bundle for Silchar.

    “The financial system of Barak Valley has shattered. A significant phase of Silchar citizens misplaced the entirety. The central and state governments will have to announce a different financial bundle as lots of the citizens, businessmen and others, misplaced their lifetime financial savings,” he stated.

    Rabidyuti Biswas, a professor on the Faculty of Making plans and Structure, stated, “Many of us are going through acute scarcity of meals and consuming water. Correct distribution of aid fabrics is the will of the hour.”

    The flood scenario in Assam progressed on Sunday, even supposing 5 extra other people died and over 22 lakh other people persisted to reel beneath the deluge throughout 25 districts, an respectable file stated.

    In step with the day by day bulletin of the Assam State Crisis Control Authority, the 5 other people integrated 4 youngsters they usually drowned at other puts of Barpeta, Cachar, Darrang, Karimganj and Morigaon districts.

    The loss of life toll because of the floods and landslides within the state has long gone as much as 126.

  • 40 killed in Bangladesh flood, PM Hasina visits affected spaces

    The Bangladesh management on Wednesday introduced that no less than 40 other folks had been killed thus far within the floods. Top Minister Sheikh Hasina additionally visited the flood-hit spaces on Tuesday.

    Officers mentioned the flood state of affairs is dire in Sylhet and Sunamganj districts, whilst it remained unchanged within the northeastern districts. The Surma, the principle river of Sylhet department, continues to be flowing over the chance line. The flood water is flooding the suburbs there.

    The Surma’s water now flows into the city thru quite a lot of drains. The water has flooded a number of properties and street communique in different spaces has been bring to an end. Two lakh individuals are trapped within the flood water in two districts.

    40 KILLED

    A complete of 40 other folks, together with 3 in Rangpur department, 15 in Mymensingh department and 22 in Sylhet department, have been killed within the floods from June 16 to June 21.

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    PRIME MINISTER’S VISIT

    Top Minister Sheikh Hasina visited the flood affected spaces of Sylhet, Sunamganj, Netrokona and adjacent spaces on Tuesday. Hasina mentioned the folks of the rustic have at all times needed to care for herbal calamities and can proceed to take action whilst emphasising development regional infrastructure.

    The top minister mentioned development increased roads which might be available even throughout floods and screw ups. She additionally mentioned that dredging measures could be taken to handle the intensity of the rivers.

    Praising the function of birthday party leaders and employees in serving to the folks suffering from the floods, the top minister mentioned, “Everybody from the management has labored on the possibility in their lives. In lots of puts, when no person may achieve, our leaders were given there and despatched photos to me. I’d in an instant ship the image to the military leader so he can ship rescue groups to anyplace they are able to pass.”

    She thanked the birthday party leaders and employees and mentioned the comfort paintings would had been tougher with out their lend a hand.

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    LIFE COMES TO A HALT

    Consistent with the Bangladesh Water Construction Board (BWDB), the Surma was once flowing at 1.43 cm above the chance stage in Sylhet’s Kanaighat space on Tuesday night time. The water stage in Surma was once 10 cm in Sylhet, 1.3 cm in Amalshid and zero.35 cm in Sheola.

    Sayed Ahmad Chowdhury, a senior meteorologist on the Sylhet Meteorological Workplace, mentioned the rainfall in Sylhet has come down so much. After every week of continuing rains and landslides, floods have came about far and wide Chhatak in Sunamganj.

    Masses of acres of boro vegetation planted on top floor had been submerged within the flood waters. The water stage in all of the rivers together with Surma, Piyain and Chela, persisted to upward thrust until Tuesday morning.

    All crusher turbines in Chhatak the town are closed. Shipment loading and unloading at the river has been stopped. Masses of employees had been unemployed for every week. 90 % of the homes in all the Sunamganj the town are nonetheless submerged beneath the water. Site visitors is closed at the major roads of Sunamganj and Chhatak municipal spaces.

    The principle roads in remoted spaces of Chhatak, Tahirpur, Dowarabazar and Bishwamvarpur upazilas are nonetheless flooded. There is not any choice approach of transportation to those upazilas aside from via boat. All tutorial establishments are closed because of flood water.

    In numerous spaces, the rivers have been flowing above the chance stage.

    The flood state of affairs in Sylhet town has been worsening since ultimate Wednesday because of heavy rains. In consequence, the citizens of town have fled their properties to stick in different spaces.

    (With inputs from Akash Chowdhury and Himadri Shekhar Bhadra)

  • Flood state of affairs in Assam improves as water stage of maximum rivers recede 

    By means of PTI

    GUWAHATI: The flood state of affairs in Assam progressed significantly on Friday with waters receding in maximum rivers at the same time as over 5 lakh other people persevered to endure within the deluge in ten districts of the state, an respectable bulletin mentioned.

    The toll because of flood and landslides remained at 30 without a studies of any dying within the ultimate 24 hours, as consistent with the bulletin issued through the Assam State Crisis Control Authority (ASDMA).

    Kopili in Morigaon district used to be the one river flowing above the chance mark, it mentioned.

    No less than 5,00,852 individuals are struggling because of the floods in Cachar, Dima Hasao, Goalpara, Golaghat, Hailakandi, Hojai, Kamrup, Kamrup (Metro), Morigaon and Nagaon districts.

    Nagaon is the worst affected with over 3.11 lakh other people affected, adopted through Cachar with just about 1.47 lakh individuals and Morigaon with greater than 41,036 other people struggling.

    Greater than 62,289 other people have taken refuge in 201 reduction camps, with the best possible of 47,749 other people displaced in Cachar, the ASDMA mentioned.

    An Inter-Ministerial Central Group (IMCT) visited the flood-affected spaces of Cachar and Darrang districts all over the day to evaluate the wear.

    At this time, 799 villages are nonetheless underneath water and 35,384.12 hectares of crop spaces were broken.

    Huge erosions have been reported from Dhubri, Dibrugarh, Golaghat, Nalbari, Sivasagar, South Salmara, Tinsukia and Udalguri districts.

    Embankments, roads, bridges and different infrastructure have been broken through floodwaters in Cachar, Udalguri, Dhubri, Karimganj, Nagaon, Nalbari, Dima Hasao, Goalpara and Hojai, the ASDMA mentioned.

  • Assam flood-landslide toll rises to seven, IMD predicts extra rains

    By means of Categorical Information Carrier

    GUWAHATI: The flood in Assam, brought about by means of incessant rains for the previous few days, claimed the lives of 2 extra individuals.

    The deaths came about within the Cachar district of southern Assam’s Barak Valley. With this, the demise toll in flood and landslides went as much as seven.

    5 individuals died within the landslides — 4 in Dima Hasao and one in Lakhimpur districts. Six others had been reported lacking in Cachar district.

    In keeping with the Assam State Crisis Control Authority, just about two lakh other folks in 652 villages throughout 20 districts were affected. The government arrange aid camps the place 33,248 of the marooned had been taking safe haven.

    Round 6,540 properties had been both partly or totally broken whilst cropland broken used to be in over 20,587 hectares. Rivers Kopili within the Brahmaputra Valley and Barak and Kushiyara within the Barak Valley had been flowing above the risk stage.

    Cachar, Dima Hasao, Hojai, Charaideo, Darrang, Dhemaji, Dibrugarh, Bajali, Baksa, Biswanath and Lakhimpur had been the worst-hit districts.

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    The flood and the landslides snapped rail hyperlinks within the hill segment below Dima Hasao district. As such, no educate is enjoying backward and forward Barak Valley and Tripura.

    Incidents of landslides had been additionally reported from Arunachal Pradesh and Meghalaya. The landslides on nationwide freeway 6 in Meghalaya disrupted highway communique.

    Assam Leader Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma mentioned in view of the huge landslide in Meghalaya, the motion of passenger and heavy cars have been significantly affected in Barak Valley. He mentioned he had asked his Meghalaya counterpart Conrad Ok Sangma to interfere and prolong assist.

    The Guwahati-based Regional Meteorological Centre predicted extra rains.

    “…moisture incursion from the Bay of Bengal is more likely to proceed over to Northeast because of robust decrease stage southerly/south-westerly winds all over 17-19 Might 2022. Below the affect of the above programs, common rainfall, accompanied with thunderstorm/lightning and heavy to very heavy rainfall at remoted puts very most likely over Arunachal, Assam, Meghalaya, Nagaland, Manipur, Mizoram and Tripura,” the centre mentioned in a remark.