Death to reaches 13
About five lakh people in Assam affected by floods

Altogether 4,82,220 people of 1,428 villages in 13 districts of Assam have been affected by the current wave of flood. Death toll due to flood and landslide has gone up to 13in the State so far.

Till the time of filing this report, according to Central Water Commission (CWC) sources, the Brahmaputra was flowing at 104.83 metre at Dibrugarh (danger level 104.24 metre), 84.43 metre at Neamatighat (danger level 85.04 metre), 48.92 metre at Guwahati (danger level 49.68 metre), 47.61 metre at Pandu (danger level 48.77 metre), 36.06 metre at Goalpara (danger level 36.27 metre) and 29.21 metre at Dhubri (danger level 28.50 metre). The Brahmaptura is flowing above danger level at Dibrugarh and Dhubri. River Barak was slowly rising and was flowing at 18.39 metre at Annapurnaghat, while another river of the valley Katakhal was flowing at 20.34 metre (danger level 20.27 metre) at Matijuri.

An official release said that 40,992 people of 96 villages in Lakhimpur district, 27,809 people of 70 villages in Bishwanath Chariali sub-division of Sonitpur district and 1,44,992 people of 123 villages in Kamrup district have been affected by the flood.

The official release named Dhemaji, Tinsukia, Jorhat, Dibrugarh, Kokrajhar, Bongaigaon, Darrang, Karimganj, Dhubri and Goalpara as the other districts affected by the flood this time. Standing crops of 49,231 hectares of land were affected by the flood.

Vast areas under human habitation and under cultivation in Goalpara district particularly in the western parts of the district continues to be under water following heavy rainfall, breach in Brahmaputra dyke and flash flood. The dyke from Kharmuja to Beldubi which experienced erosion in the last few days was breached between Fetengapara and Sulkanipara near Bawrartal at midnight as a result of which flood water of the Brahmaputra entered into Lakhipur circle affecting Takimari grazing reserve, Kharubhaj, Manashpara, Takimari Bidyapara, Borbila and about twenty other villages.