The district of Dibrugarh in Assam has been reported the first flood of the year affecting thousands of people and children.
The Chief Executive Officer of Assam State Disaster Management Authority (ASDMA) GD Tripathi stated that the first incidence of floods was reported from the Chabua revenue circle in Dibrugarh district.
“All emergency services in the state have been kept on the highest level of alertness”, Tripathi stated.
The ASDMA report said that a population of 3,857 in the Chabua revenue circle has been hit and among them 1050 are children.
According to the report of Central Water commission Brahmaputra was flowing above the warning level at Neematighat in Jorhat district. Another River Jiabharali in Sonitpur district was also flowing above the danger level.
Meanwhile, the weather department in its forecast for the next 24 hours said that a moderate rainfall is very likely to occur at most places over Arunachal Pradesh, at many places over Assam and Meghalaya and light rain is very likely to occur at isolated places over Nagaland, Manipur, Mizoram and Tripura.
Further a series of landslides have also been reported in Meghalaya due to heavy rainfall.
