Indian Army's Flood Rescue Operations save 150 marooned persons in Nalbari

Indian Army's Flood Rescue Operations save 150 marooned persons in Nalbari

Nalbari: Incessant heavy downpour in the Nalbari district resulted in the breach of embankments of Pagladiya River.

Immediately, a highly trained and well equipped Flood relief column of the Indian Army was mobilized and arrived at the Balitara Village in Nalbari District to undertake a massive humanitarian aid and disaster relief operation.

Operating under a heavy downpour, dangerous currents and alarming water levels in addition to the pitch dark night, Indian Army toiled hard and rescued 150 stranded civilians, including 60 women and children, and brought them to safety.

The locals and civil administration were forthcoming in expressing their heartfelt and overwhelming gratitude to the Army for the Service Before Self Motto, as the dedicated efforts resulted in averting disaster and resulted in normalization of the situation.

Flood Water inundating again in some districts of the state

It is to be noted that in view of the heavy rainfall till Monday, the flood water is again inundating areas of Kokrajhar, Bongaigaon, Chirang, Baksa, Lakhimpur and Dhemaji districts. As on Tuesday, a total of 2,523 numbers of villages in 68 revenue circles of 19 number of Districts viz. Dhemaji, Biswanath, Darrang, Baksa, Barpeta, Nalbari, Chirang, Bongaigaon, Kokrajhar, Dhubri, South Salmara, Goalpara, Kamrup, Kamrup (M), Morigaon, Nagaon, Golaghat, Jorhat and Cachar, are having flood waters affecting a population of 28,01,329.

Presently, 659 numbers of Relief Camps are operational in the districts of Darrang, Barpeta, Chirang, Bongaigaon, Kokrajhar, Dhubri, Golaghat, Goalpara, Kamrup, Morigaon, Nagaon and Jorhat districts with 1,03, 934 inmates and 123 relief distribution centres in the districts of Darrang, Barpeta, Bongaigaon, Kokrajhar, Dhubri, South Salmara, Morigaon and Golaghat.

A total of 02 numbers of persons have lost their lives due to flood in the districts of Morigaon (1) and Golaghat (1) in last 48 hours. In this season, the total loss of human lives has risen to 69 persons in Flood and 2 persons in a landslide.

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