Staff Reporter
Guwahati: The first wave of floods in the state has receded to a certain level, but the situation continues to remain grim, with the River Brahmaputra at Dhubri crossing the danger mark in the wee hours of Wednesday. The death toll in floods rose to 14, with 2 more deaths reported from Nagaon and Cachar districts in the past 24 hours.
According to the Central Water Commission’s report this morning, the River Brahmaputra is now flowing above the danger level at three places—Neamatighat in Jorhat district, Tezpur in Sonitpur district and Dhubri.
Regarding the flood advisory for Dhubri, the report says, “River Brahmaputra at Dhubri in Dhubri district continues to flow in a severe situation at 01:00 hrs today. At 01:00 hrs, it was flowing at a level of 28.63 m with Rising (30.0 mm/hr) trend, which is 0.01 m above its Danger Level of 28.62 m and 1.74 m below its HFL of 30.37 m (17-07-2019)”.
The CWC report also said that the River Buridihing at Chenimari (Khowang) in the Dibrugarh district and the River Kopili are still flowing above the danger level at Kampur in the Nagaon district and Dharamtul in the Morigaon district. With this, a total of three rivers, including the Brahmaputra River, in the Brahmaputra Valley are flowing above the danger level.
As for Barak Valley, it was stated in an ASDMA report that the Barak (at Fulertal), Sonai (at Amraghat), Rukni (at Dholai), Barak (at B.P. Ghat), Barak (at A.P. Ghat), Dhaleswari (at Gharmura), Katakhal (at Matizuri), and Kushiyara (in Sribhumi) rivers were flowing above the danger mark.
A special weather bulletin from the IMD’s Regional Meteorological Centre at Guwahati says that Bahalpur and Dhubri in the Dhubri district recorded the highest amount of rainfall of 9 cm each in the past 24 hours, followed by Kajalgaon in the Chirang district with 8 cm, Lakhipur in the Cachar district with 7 cm, Agomani in the Dhubri district with 7 cm, Chirang in the Chirang district with 7 cm, Chouldhuaghat in the Lakhimpur district with 7 cm, Gauripur in the Dhubri district with 7 cm, North Lakhimpur with 7 cm and Kokrajhar, which recorded 7 cm of rainfall.
The IMD’s forecast for June 5 says moderate rainfall is very likely to occur at many places over Assam and other NE states.
According to an ASDMA report on Wednesday afternoon, a total of 66 revenue circles in 21 districts are still reeling under floods. The total population affected is recorded at nearly 6.80 lakh. The villages affected are 1,494. As of date, 190 relief camps are operating, where a total of 41,317 inmates are being housed. The death toll in the first wave of floods in the state has been reported as 14 so far.
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