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LATEST NEWS UPDATES | Assam hit by worst floods in 8 years

Assam hit by worst floods in 8 years

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published Published on Jun 29, 2012   modified Modified on Jun 29, 2012
-The Times of India

The Assam government on Thursday declared the current floods in the state as the worst since 2004. So far 23 people have died in the calamity even as the army, IAF and the National Disaster Response Force of BSF have been pressed into service for rescue and relief operations.

Government spokesman and agriculture minister Nilamoni Sen Deka said, "The government is making all necessary efforts to help the affected people. This is the worst flood since 2004. The water level of the Brahmaputra and all its tributaries is rising abnormally. Barpeta and Nalbari districts were the first to be hit. So far, 21 districts have been hit. Altogether 1,747 villages have been completely inundated."

The river island of Majuli has been hit the hardest after the main protection dyke was breached on Wednesday.

Defence spokesman Lt-Col SS Phogat said troops of Red Horns Division have been mobilized to carry out rescue and relief operations in Baksa, Barpeta and Nalbari districts. "A large number of villages in these three districts have been affected due to incessant rain over the three days. Six army columns, comprising 200 army personnel with flood relief equipment, are carrying out rescue operation under the supervision of Brigadier Beant Parmar, commander, Hamesha Aaage Brigade."

The defence spokesman said so far about 70 civilians have been rescued from the villages of Bherberi, Garbhitar, Dhulabari and Balitara and taken to safer places. The army columns are also assisting the civil administration in carrying distributing relief material like food, water and medicine to marooned villages.

The IAF helicopter units and transport aircraft fleet under the Eastern Air Command have been engaged to carry out relief work. The two Mi-17 units based in Mohanbari are on standby for mercy missions. Four AN-32 tactical transport aircraft from Jorhat airbase airlifted 140 NDRF personnel from Kolkata and 14 tons of relief material to Guwahati and Jorhat.

The Eastern Air Command has also set up a disaster management centre hub in its headquarters in Upper Shillong to effectively monitor relief activities in the region.

Deep divers of NDRF, along with life-saving equipment like inflatable boats, huge quantity of life jackets and life buoys have so far evacuated 2,472 marooned people to safer places. A BSF spokesman said the NDRF teams, so far, have distributed about 350 quintals of relief materials, including life-saving medicines, among flood affected victims of Guijan, Boragaon, Barakuri, Hathibat, Bajni, Sisnni, Laopani, Gulzar Basti, Kherbari and Nutangaon in Tinsukia district.

Apart from Tinsukia, NDRF teams have been deployed in Dhemaji, North Lakhimpur, Sonitpur, Sivasagar, Rangia, Nagaon and Majuli.

The Times of India, 29 June, 2012, http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Assam-hit-by-worst-floods-in-8-years/articleshow/14481624.cms


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