Guwahati : Almost one lakh people have been affected across six districts in the first wave of floods in Assam. According to an official release by the Assam State Disaster Management Authority (ASDMA), nearly one lakh people were suffering in Jorhat, Sivasagar, Tinsukia, Dibrugarh, Cachar and Charaideo districts.
Authorities have opened 40 relief camps in Sivasagar, Tinsukia, Dibrugarh and Charaideo where 7,412 inmates were taking shelter.
So far nearly 5,000 hectares of crop area have been inundated by flood water, the release said.
Currently, Burhidihing and Desang Naglamuraga rivers were flowing above the danger mark in Sivasagar, it said.
Army, NDRF and SDRF teams have been deployed for search and rescue operations in flood affected areas of Charaideo district.
Relief materials have been distributed to flood affected people in Sivasagar, Dibrugarh, Tinsukia and Charaideo.
Meanwhile, train services over Lumding Silchar hill section, which resumed yesterday evening with the movement of goods train, had to be controlled again today due to further landslides at four places between Lumding and Badarpur. Accordingly train services in the section have been regulated till completion of restoration work, NF Railway officials said.
Weather condition continued to remain very inclement in affected areas as road communication remained disrupted to the Barak Valley.
Manipur opens relief camps for rain-hit villagers
Imphal : The Manipur government has started opening relief camps for villagers who were rendered homeless in the recent torrential rains and thunderstorms, an official said on Monday.
Official reports said that in the Oinam assembly constituency, over 3,307 houses were destroyed. Besides, the rains destroyed 2,000 houses in the Nambol assembly constituency and 220 houses in Imphal West.
Criticising the government over the delay in opening relief camps, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) spokesperson Rajkumar Shivachandra said: “The destruction of thousands of houses and other facilities is there for everyone to see. It is incomprehensible why the government had to wait for several days till Monday to open the relief camps.”
Rain and hailstorms also destroyed vast paddy fields and vegetable farms in the state. Low-lying areas and many villages are inundated.
Officials told IANS on Monday that major rivers in the state are flowing just below the danger level. Parts of the state and the national highways are also submerged.
There is a fear about the outbreak of water-borne diseases. Manipur Health Minister D.K. Korungthang said the government will request the central government for a special package to cope with the situation.
@Agency report.
