Heavy rainfall has triggered flash floods across Assam and Arunachal Pradesh, causing widespread destruction, damaging homes and roads, triggering landslides and leading to the collapse of a major section
of a railway bridge built in 1965 in Assam’s Dhemaji district.
Union Home Minister Amit Shah spoke to Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Monday to review the flood situation after the first spell of heavy rainfall.
#WATCH | Assam: Continuous rainfall has resulted in a flood-like situation in several areas of the Dhemaji district. (28.06) pic.twitter.com/J4I9PrfDmd
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According to the Assam State Disaster Management Authority (ASDMA), 22,124 people have been affected across six districts, Dhemaji, Nalbari, Dibrugarh, Chirang, Lakhimpur and Kokrajhar.
Dhemaji remains the worst-affected district, with 15,483 people impacted by the floods. Authorities said floodwaters have inundated 96 villages and damaged nearly 1,690 hectares of agricultural land.
#WATCH | Dhemaji, Assam | 300-meter-long iron bridge connecting Kemi and Oyan washed away by raging floodwaters in the Kemi River, completely severing connectivity between the Kemi-Purana Jelom area and Jonai Sadar. pic.twitter.com/HcxrpQtHN5
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The rising water levels in the Brahmaputra and its tributaries have worsened the flood situation. The ASDMA also reported that 48,199 animals have been affected.
A section of a railway bridge in Dhemaji collapsed, forcing the indefinite suspension of train services between Archipathar and Simen Chapari stations.
“This bridge, constructed in 1965 and later converted to broad gauge, was in good and safe condition, but due to washing away of a large portion of the river bank during the heavy rains, one of its piers became unstable,” the Northeast Frontier Railway (NFR) said in a statement.
The railway said there were no injuries and no trains were damaged. Services on the low-traffic branch line had already been suspended because of the swollen river.
Arunachal Flood
In neighbouring Arunachal Pradesh, authorities have extended warnings for thunderstorms, lightning and heavy rainfall from June 28 to July 1 following a cloudburst that triggered flash floods and landslides earlier.
Officials cautioned that the continuing rain could lead to additional landslides, flash floods and disruption in vulnerable areas.
#WATCH | Arunachal Pradesh: Flash flood in the state causes destruction in the Keyi Panyor area. (27.06) pic.twitter.com/buTn2IHvT8
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Three people have lost their lives in the rain-triggered floods, while search and rescue operations are continuing, officials said.
Among those displaced is 46-year-old Rumi Rabha, an employee of the North Eastern Electric Power Corporation Limited (NEEPCO), whose official quarters near Possa village were swept away. She and her husband are now staying at a temporary relief camp.
“It was raining very heavily, non-stop. Then the boundary wall collapsed, and the water rushed right inside. We managed to get out somehow, but the house was completely swept away. Nothing is left. We are just scraping by on whatever food people give us; that’s how we’re living.
We don’t know what will happen later. We had so many belongings, gold and everything. All our possessions were right here in the house. We barely managed to escape, but we couldn’t save a thing.”
Survivors described how floodwaters swept away homes, belongings and sources of livelihood, forcing many families to seek refuge in temporary relief camps.
The Leku River has also overflowed following the heavy rainfall. Residents said they had never seen the river enter villages on such a large scale before. Floodwaters have inundated several villages, including Kedichuk in Assam’s Jonai subdivision.
(With inputs from agencies)
