Flood paralyzes Guwahati city for second successive day

STAFF REPORTER

GUWAHATI: For the second succesive day, residents of several areas of the city were confined to their homes due to rain-induced flash floods.

The water level on the streets in many areas reached up to waist-deep and even chest-deep levels, which made commuting a nightmare. The few people who were forced to venture outdoors due to one exigency or the other had to rely on rafts made of trunks of banana plants, boats and even the humble pedal rickshaw which had to be pulled by hand due to the high water level.

Rain-induced landslides also continued for the second day today. The guard wall of the Ashwaklanta Devalaya in North Guwahati collapsed due to a landslide. Landslides were also reported from the No 2 Kenduguri at Narengi, the Bhagadutta Path, Chandmari Nizarapar, Naba Nagar in Hengerabari and Gandhi Mandap Path in Ulubari.

A woman was injured when a tree got uprooted and fell on her at Hathkhola under the Sonapur Reevenue Circle.

The worst-affected areas of the city included parts of RG Baruah Road, GS Road, Anil Nagar, Nabin Nagar, Rajgarh, Hatigaon, Ganeshguri, Hedayatpur, VIP Road, Chandmari, Jyotikuchi, Tarun Nagar, Ghoramara, Down Town area, Chachal, Mathuragaon, Satgaon, Narengi Nepali Chowk, Khanapara, Jorabat, Chatribari, Boragaon, Rukminigaon, Beltola Survey, Kamakhya Gate, Krishna Nagar, Juripar, the Gauhati University campus, the Guwahati Commerce College campus and Sijubari.

While schools were closed today as per an order of the district administration, attendance of employees was thin in various Government offices, including the Janata Bhawan.

The district administration has so far opened two relief camps for flood-affected people in the city - one at the Rashtra Bhasa Prabhakar Hindi School at Rajgarh and another at the Kenduguri Primary School at Narengi. Kamrup (M) Deputy Commissioner Pallav Gopal Jha visited the relief camp at Narengi and directed the officials concerned to ensure provision of proper health care facilities to the women and children staying there.

Meanwhile, electricity supply remained disrupted in many flood-affected areas of the city. The district administration quoted APDCL officials and said that the power supply will be restored only when the water level reduces below the danger level in these areas.

On the other hand, Health & Family Welfare Minister Keshab Mahanta has instructed departmental officials of the district to provide adequate health care services to inmates of the relief camps in the city.

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