Guwahati (Assam): National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) teams have carried out rescue operations in flood-affected areas of Barpeta District.
"NDRF teams reached the site and evacuated 487 marooned villagers and transported them to safer places. Besides teams are also assisting district administration in the distribution of mask, screening inundated areas and maintained proper social distancing due to COVID-19 emergency. More than 950 marooned villagers evacuated this year monsoon season by first Battalion NDRF Guwahati," NDRF said in a statement.
"A total of 11 search and rescue teams of NDRF are pre-positioned deployed in Assam i.e. Jorhat, Bongaigaon, Kamrup Metro, Kamrup Rural, Baksa, Barpeta, Cachar, Sivasagar, Sonitpur, Dhemaji and Tinsukia. NDRF control room keeping a close watch in other flood-affected areas," it said.
Incessant rainfall since last one week in Assam caused unexpected flood occurred in Districts-Bongaigaon, Baksa, Kamurp Rural (Rangia) and Barpeta. Flood situation also created due to overflowing the Rivers Puthimari, Beki, Aie and Pahumara.
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24 of the state's 33 districts are affected by the floods, the worst affected 16 districts are Dhemaji, Udalguri, Biswanath, Lakhimpur, Chirang, Barpeta, Bongaigaon, Kokrajhar, Goalpara, Nagaon, Golaghat, Jorhat, Majuli, Dibrugarh, West Karbi Anglong and Tinsukia.
Embankments, roads, bridges, culverts and other infrastructure have been damaged at various places in 18 districts, the ASDMA officials said adding that around 810 houses were fully or partially damaged due to the floods.
In all, at least 8.03 lakh domestic animals and over 4.24 lakh poultry were affected due to the current wave of floods.
The National Disaster Response Force, Assam State Disaster Response Force personnel, along with the local administration, are continuously working to rescue the affected people and render relief services, including distribution of relief material to the marooned villagers.
Meanwhile, with several rivers in many northeastern states are in spate due to constant monsoon rain, huge low-lying areas in the other states of the region were inundated on Sunday even as the Meteorological Department forecast more downpours in the next couple of days.
(With inputs from ANI)
