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Monday, 16 June 2008 |
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Guwahati, June 16 (ANI): The situation in the worst flood -affected Lakhimpur district of Assam remained grim and has claimed five lives so far.
Over seven lakh people in seven hundred villages of the district have been affected by the sudden floods that occurred due to breach of bunds of Ranganadi Hydel Project in Arunachal Pradesh.
Most parts of the Bihpuria and North Lakhimpur towns have been submerged. Over four thousand marooned people are taking shelter in the relief camps set up by the district authorities.
Personnel from the Army and the National Disaster Rescue Force are rendering services among the flood-affected people.
According to reports, some new areas of the district have been submerged today by the surging water of the rivers- Sessa , Durpang, Dikrong, Singra and Ranganadi.
Direct road communication to the district has been cut off following massive erosion of National Highway Number 52 at North Lakhimpur.
The flood waters started to receding in Dhemaji and Sonitpur districts of the State following improvement in the weather.
A red alert has already been sounded in Assam.
The low-lying areas of the Kaziranga National Park have been submerged by the rising water of the river Brahmaputra. (ANI) |
