IN PICS | Assam flood situation remains grim: Death toll rises over 70, lakhs displaced across state
The flood situation in Assam remains extremely critical with many new localities coming under the impact of the deluge which is wreaking havoc in 33 of 35 districts of the state.
The flood situation in Assam remains extremely critical with many new localities coming under the impact of the deluge which is wreaking havoc in 33 of 35 districts of the state. (Photo | PTI)
Teams of the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) have been helping Assam's district administration evacuate people from flood-hit areas. (Photo | PTI)
Assam has been reeling under devastating floods for the past one week with 127 revenue circles and 5,137 villages affected in 33 districts, according to a bulletin of the Assam State Disaster Management Authority (ASDMA). (Photo | PTI)
With the flood situation in Assam remaining critical, Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma directed air dropping of food and other relief materials in areas where there is heavy water inundation. (Photo | PTI)
According to the Central Water Commission bulletin, the Kopili river is flowing above the high flood level at Kampur in Nagaon district, as well as the Brahmaputra river at Nimatighat, Tezpur, Guwahati, Kamrup, Goalpara, and Dhubri. (Photo | PTI)
A man carries his livestock in a tub as he moves to a safer place from a flood-affected area of Kamarkuchi village, in Nalbari district of Assam. Landslide incidents were reported under Cachar, Dima-Hasao, Goalpara, Hailakandi, Kamrup, and Karimganj in the last 24 hrs.Two police personnel were washed away in flood waters in Central Assam's Nagaon district on June 19 night. (Photo | PTI)
Commuters wade through a flooded road after heavy rains, in Kamrup district of Assam. Following the torrential rains in Assam, Meghalaya, Arunachal Pradesh and neighbouring country Bhutan, the water level of all major rivers of the state are rising and many rivers are flowing above danger level marks in several places. (Photo | PTI)
Flood-affected villagers use boats to shift to safer areas after heavy rainfall, in Morigaon district of Assam. (Photo | PTI)
Villagers with their belongings move to a safer place from a flood-affected area after heavy rains, in Nagaon district. (Photo | PTI)
Villagers load rice sacks on a boat for flood-affected people, at Kalita Kuchi in Kamrup district of Assam. (Photo | PTI)
Incessant rain since June 18 night wrecked havoc in Assam's Guwahati, leading to knee-deep water logging in many areas across the city, while water has touched the chest level at some places. (Photo | PTI)
Villagers make a temporary bamboo bridge after a portion of a road was washed away by the flood water at a village in Assam's Goalpara district. (Photo | PTI)
Villagers use a banana raft to cross a flooded street, in Nagaon district of Assam. (Photo | PTI)
