At Least 9 Killed In Heavy Rains In Assam, Meghalaya, More Downpours Predicted In NE For 5 Days
At least nine people have lost their lives in rain-related mishaps in the North East.?Five people, including four children and a woman, died in Meghalaya on Thursday.
Two children were crushed to death when a landslide led to a house collapse in Azad Nagar area of Goalpara district in Assam on Thursday, and two persons drowned in floodwater in Dima Hasao and Udalguri, raising the toll due to floods and mudslides in the state this year to 46.
Floods across Assam
At least 18 districts in Assam are experiencing heavy rain, with the inundation of fresh areas reported from Kamrup, Nalbari and Barpeta districts.
Nearly 75,000 people have been affected by floods in those districts.
The water level in river Brahmaputra and its tributaries are on the rise, while river Manas was flowing above the danger mark in some places.
Normal life in Assam's largest city Guwahati has been severely affected due to waterlogging in most parts for the third consecutive day with areas such as Anil Nagar, Nabin Nagae, Zoo Road, Six Mile, Noonmati, Bhootnath, Maligaon figuring among the worst-hit.
District authorities have opened seven camps and nine relief distribution centres for assisting people under distress.
According to a bulletin issued by the Assam State Disaster Management Authority (ASDMA), 13 embankments were breached, and 64 roads and a bridge were damaged due to the deluge.
Meghalaya cut-off from Assam
In Meghalaya, widespread rains and damages were reported in the East Jaintia Hills district.
Several stretches of the NH-06 in the East Jaintia Hills have been severely damaged after incessant rain and landslides, even as two heavy vehicles crashed down as the road caved in. Borghat village in East Jaintia Hills was submerged under water.
A portion of the NH-06 near the Lumshnong toll plaza has been washed away in East Jaintia Hills district, thereby cutting off road links between Meghalaya and Southern Assam¡¯s Barak Valley, Mizoram, Tripura and parts of Manipur from the rest of the country.
Heavy rains to continue across north east
The heavy rains have also disrupted normal life in other north eastern states as well.
Surface link between Tripura and the rest of the country snapped on Thursday following massive landslides triggered by heavy rainfall on National Highway-6.
Train services in Tripura have been disrupted for the past one month due to torrential rain.
According to the MET Department, widespread thundershowers with isolated heavy to very heavy rainfall over all the northeastern states, adjoining sub-Himalayan West Bengal and Sikkim are likely in the next five days.
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