Staff Reporter
Guwahati: The water levels in the rivers in Brahmaputra Valley are showing a decreasing trend with the floods abating a little, but the floods in Barak Valley, particularly in Sribhumi district, continue to remain a matter of concern. The water level in the Brahmaputra River continues to flow above the danger mark at Dhubri, while that in the stretch from Dibrugarh to Guwahati is showing a falling trend, as per the CWC report this morning. Two more deaths were reported in the past 24 hours, taking the total death toll to 16, so far.
Not only the waters of the Brahmaputra River, but most of the tributaries are also displaying a falling trend. Barring the Brahmaputra River, the Buridihing at Chenimari and the Kopili at Kampur and Dharamtul are flowing above the danger level. In Barak Valley, River Barak, Dhaleswari, Katakhal and Kushiyara are flowing above the danger level,
In the past 24 hours, some parts of the state received considerable rainfall, including Guwahati and adjoining areas.
According to IMD’s Regional Meteorological Centre (RMC) Guwahati report, the chief amount of rainfall (5 cm or more) during the last 24 hours in Assam was recorded at Pandu (district Kamrup Metro) 19 cm, IIT Guwahati (ARG) (district Kamrup) 10 cm, N Guwahati College (ARG) (district Kamrup) 10 cm, Gauhati University (AWS) (district Kamrup Metro) 9 cm, Amingaon (AWS) (district Kamrup) 8 cm, Boko AEGCL AWS (district Kamrup) 8 cm, Guwahati (City) ARG (district Kamrup Metro) 6 cm, Guwahati DC Court (district Kamrup M) 6 cm, Chandmari (district Kamrup M) 6 cm, Guwahati City (AWS) (dist Kamrup M) 5 cm, and Gandhi Mandap Sarania (district Kamrup Metro) 5 cm.
The Assam State Disaster Management Authority (ASDMA) issued its daily report for Thursday, which said that 63 revenue circles in 19 districts of the state are still facing the fury of the first wave of floods. Over 5.60 lakh people in 1,433 villages remain affected, with 175 relief camps sheltering 41,413 people. So far, the death toll in the floods is 16, with two more lives lost in the past 24 hours—one in Sribhumi and one in Hailakandi district.
The IMD has predicted ‘light/moderate rainfall at most/many places likely to continue over NE during the next 7 days with isolated heavy rainfall over Assam and Meghalaya on June 6 and during June 9-11’.
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