Assam: Flood situation worsens in Nagaon district

A CORRESPONDENT

NAGAON: The flood situation in Nagaon district worsened since Sunday, with new areas under Kaliabor, Kampur, and Raha revenue circles inundated.

As per reports, due to the continued rise in the water level of the Kapili River, the floodwaters have inundated several areas, causing panic among the residents in the greater areas of Kampur. The flood water overflowed the Kampur-Jamunamukh road at Sariahtoli, flooding extensive areas. Several villages, including Kampur Bokulguri, Padumoni, Kumbhirdubi, Dhemajigaon, Bahakabari, Kunwariati, and Adarshgaon, are currently under flood water at the time of filing of this report here.

It was witnessed that some of the flood-affected residents have taken shelter on the embankment, where they have set up makeshift camps. There is a shortage of food and drinking water in these areas. As per a report, over 76 revenue villages in Kampur have been affected by the floods which disrupted communication on the Kampur-Jamunamukh and Kampur-Changsoki-Tumprong PWD roads.

District Commissioner Narendra Kr Shah and Raha MLA Sashikanta Das separately visited several flood-affected areas and relief camps, assessing the damage and assuring the residents that the district administration would provide all necessary assistance to combat the prevailing situation in the greater severely flood affected areas.

Meanwhile, the district administration has declared closer of 115 LP, ME High School as well as higher secondary schools in the flood-hit areas of Kampur and Raha revenue circles with immediate effect and also imposed strict prohibition order under section 163, BNSS and strictly prohibited movement of all kinds of vehicles by general public on the Hatimura dyke from Kukurakota hill to Hatimura hill until further order as the dyke turned muddy and extensively slippery due to incessant rains, posing significant threat to public safety and as it would hamper the ongoing repair work of the dyke.

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