New Delhi: The flood situation in Assam has become increasingly severe, with six more people losing their lives in the past 24 hours, taking the death toll during this year’s monsoon season to 95. Authorities continue to battle widespread flooding across the state as rising river levels and fresh rainfall threaten to worsen conditions.
According to the latest disaster management report, five of the six recent deaths were linked to river flooding, including two each in Biswanath and Sivasagar districts and one in Golaghat. Another person died due to urban flooding in Morigaon’s Mayong revenue circle, while one individual has been reported missing from Udalguri district.
The Dhansiri South River at Numaligarh continues to flow above the danger mark, prompting authorities to place 14 districts on high alert. The affected districts include Golaghat, Lakhimpur, Charaideo, Sivasagar, Biswanath, Dhemaji, Kamrup Metropolitan, Jorhat, Sonitpur, Tinsukia, Nagaon, Darrang, Karbi Anglong and Udalguri.
More than 1.6 lakh people across 563 villages have been affected by the latest wave of flooding. Sivasagar remains the worst hit district with over 57,000 affected residents, followed by Golaghat and Jorhat.
The floods have also caused extensive damage to public infrastructure. Seven major embankments have been breached, including five in Biswanath and two in Darrang. A steel bridge in Charaideo and a footbridge in Udalguri have suffered significant damage.
Agriculture has been severely impacted, with nearly 17,000 hectares of cropland submerged. More than 35,000 livestock have been affected, while around 8,500 animals, most of them in Sivasagar, have been washed away by floodwaters.
Urban flooding has disrupted normal life in several areas, including Guwahati, where waterlogging continues to affect localities such as Juripar and Anil Nagar. Rescue teams have evacuated residents from submerged neighbourhoods, while the state government has expanded relief efforts through 45 relief camps sheltering over 12,000 people and dozens of distribution centres supplying food and essential materials to affected communities.
Authorities are closely monitoring river levels as forecasts of additional rainfall in upstream catchment areas raise concerns of further flooding in the coming days.
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