Assam: No Let-Up In Nagaon Flood Scene

HT Correspondent

NAGAON, May 23: Over 250 villages under Kampur, Nagaon and Raha revenue circles in the district are still reeling under floodwater and no improvement has been marked till Monday.

The floodwater has ravaged over 15,324.24 hectares of land with various crops and vegetables in the district till the time of filing this report.

Meanwhile, the flash floods have hit over 3,51,070 people under those three revenue circles of the district for which over 20,692 flood-hit inmates are taking shelter in over 162 relief camps set up by the district administration, sources from the district disaster management authority, Nagaon said, adding that among those relief camps, 15 were active in Kampur revenue circle, 60 in Nagaon Sadar revenue circle while 87 were under Raha revenue circle.

As per an official report issued by the district disaster management authority, Nagaon on Monday afternoon, floodwaters wreaked havoc in Nagaon Sadar revenue circle and submerged over 68 revenue villages. Besides, the surging water from the Kolong river breached a road near Nagaon Milanpur a couple of days ago because of which large areas of Milanpur, Sutahaibor and Baidatup in the town were reeling under water.

According to the latest report of the district disaster management authority, Nagaon, the flash wave of floods have damaged almost 17 roads constructed by PWD as well as other departments under Nagaon, Kampur and Raha revenue circles till Monday. The surface routes to Kampur town from all districts headquarters of Nagaon, Hojai and West Karbi Anglong are still being disrupted for over a week due to breaching as well as damages caused by the flash flood.

However, it was stated in the report that during the last 72 hours, no death or disappearance was reported till the filing of this report.