Silchar, considered ‘Gateway to Barak Valley’, is alarming with most areas still under water
The three districts in the valley — Cachar, Hailakandi and Karimganj — is severely affected by the rising waters of the Barak and Kushiara.
Seven more deaths due to floods and landslides were reported in Assam in the past 24 hours, even as the floodwaters have started recede in most areas.The devastating floods have claimed 107 lives since April, affecting more than 45 lakh people across 30 districts of the state.
The worst-affected is Silchar town in Barak Valley where the situation remains extremely grim for four days now. Nearly three lakh people are affected as the overflowing Barak River inundated the major town in southern Assam, while more than 71,000 people have been shifted to relief camps.
With no food and electricity, and an acute scarcity of drinking water, the town is now depending on the food and essentials being airdropped by the central and state disaster forces, besides the army and the air force.
“More army columns are joining the rescue operations. We are airlifting one lakh bottles of drinking water every day to Silchar from Guwahati. We also airlifted power department engineers and technicians to repair the electric transformers,” he said.
Nearly 3 lakh people have been affected by an acute shortage of food, clean drinking water and medicines as almost the entire Silchar town is submerged in flood waters, officials said.
The three districts in the valley — Cachar, Hailakandi and Karimganj — were severely affected by the rising waters of the Barak and Kushiara.
The worst-affected district is Barpeta where 10,32,561 people are suffering, followed by Kamrup where 4,29,166 people have been hit.
The devastating floods, caused by incessant rainfall, have affected 103 revenue circles and 4,536 villages. A total of 2,84,875 people have taken shelter in 759 relief camps across the state, it said.
The flood also damaged 173 roads and 20 bridges, while two embankments each were breached in Baksa and Darrang districts.
In all, 10,0869.7 hectares of crop area has been flooded. Largescale erosion has been reported from Baksa, Barpeta, Biswanath, Bongaigaon, Chirang and Dhubri districts, among others.
Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma conducted an aerial survey of the flood-affected areas in Silchar 24 June 2022.
Meanwhile, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said that the Centre is monitoring the flood situation in Assam. The government is working closely with the state to provide all possible assistance to overcome the situation, he said.
“Army and NDRF teams are present in the flood affected areas. They are conducting evacuation operations and assisting those who are affected. The Air Force has conducted over 250 sorties as a part of the evacuation process,” he added.
The situation in Silchar, considered ‘Gateway to Barak Valley’, is alarming with most areas still under water, a district official said. The state government has started a helpline — 0361-2237219, 9401044617 and 1079 — for the situation in the district.
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