Assam Live: Flood

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Friday, October 9, 2009

Rains paralyse Guwahati city life

Continuous rain since yesterday evening upset normal life in many parts of this premier city of North East India for the day today exposing yet again the indifference of the authorities in solving the city’s drainage system and the ill-effects of the rulers’ policy of placating the encroachers on the city hills. Experts here blame the situation to poor drainage system and the unabated encroachment and subsequent earth cutting in the city hills. The existing drainage system of the city has been made ineffective by the loads of silt generated by the bare hills and the garbage dumped by the irresponsible section of the Guwahatians. The indifference shown by the authorities concerned towards the issues has also added to the problem, said the experts.The Regional Meteorological Centre (RMC) here states that the city had received 72 mm of rainfall between 8-30 am of October 7 and 8-30 am today. It has also forecast that there is likelihood of a few spells of rain over the city with heavy downpours over some of its places during the next 24 hours. Moreover, the India Meteorology Department (IMD) website has forecast that there is possibility of moderate rain over the city

Flood situation in Assam improving

Flood situation in Assam is improving little today as the weather condition is improved. But the water levels of rivers are going down very slowly. The NH 31 is yet to be opened for vehicular movement Puthimari Natun Bazar point. It is under water since last sunda.

The condition of Majuli is still grim because the floodwaters of the Brahmaputra & Subansiri, which entered the island are yet to drain out.

The Brahmaputra is still flowing about 1.4 metre above danger level in the Bohori-Pazarbhanga area in Barpeta district posing grave threat to that area.

According to the Central Water Commission (CWC), the Brahmaputra was flowing above the danger level (DL) at Guwahati (0.16 metre), Dibrugarh (1.17 metre), Tezpur (0.33 metre), Neamatighat (0.47 metre), and Dhubri (0.94 metre) at 3 pm today. The Jia-Bharali was found flowing above the DL (0.65 metre) at NT Road Crossing, Puthimari above the DL (0.41 metre) at NH Road Crossing, and Kushiyara above DL (0.06 metre) at Karimganj during that time, said the CWC flood bulletin.

The civil administration of Majuli sub-division today issued rice and dal for the four of the 20 flood-affected Gaon Panchayats (GPs). Almost equal quantity of foodstuff will be provided to four more GPs tomorrow and the process will continue to cover all the affected GPs, said SDO (Civil) of Majuli Pramod Chandra Deka, adding the second round of distribution of relief items started with this issue today. These items will be distributed among the flood victims tomorrow. There is no outbreak of any kind of epidemic disease in Majuli.

Friday, June 20, 2008

Flood in Guwahati

Rain created havoc in Guwahati city last night. Most part of the city was under knee to waist deep water because of the two hour heavy shower that started at around 8 pm and continued till 10 pm. The main roads of the city – GNB Road, MRD Road, G S Road, A T Road, Dinesh Goswami Road, RG Bauah Road, Zoo-Narengi Road, Panjabari-Narengi Road, Rajgarh Road and AK Azad Road were submerged by the storm water at several stretches. Ulubari, Ganeshguri, Zoo Road, Lalganesh etc are worst affected area. A landslide occured in Gopinath Nagar area and a person died and several others are critically injured.