Guwahati: Nearly 13,000 consumers in flood-ravaged Upper Assam remain without electricity 11 days after the deluge.CM Himanta Biswa Sarma said Thursday that the govt was continuously assessing safety conditions before restoring power in affected areas.“Consumers without electricity have declined by a further 30%. As water levels recede, we are continuously assessing safety conditions and will…
Guwahati: Two more bodies were recovered in Assam on Friday, taking the death toll in the state to 80, even as the number of affected people declined to 2.12 lakh with waters receding across the state.According to the Assam State Disaster Management Authority (ASDMA), both bodies were recovered in Sivasagar, one of the districts worst…
Guwahati: Actor Adil Hussain, known for his critically acclaimed performances in theatre and cinema, on Thursday made an emotional appeal on social media, questioning why Assam still lacked a lasting solution to recurring floods despite the country’s technological achievements, including successful space missions to the Moon and Mars.Referring to the devastating floods in upper Assam,…
Guwahati: Assam govt on Thursday sought a dedicated central support package for the four worst flood-hit districts and has urged the Centre to recognise this year’s deluge as an “atypical, high-intensity, rapid-onset event”.The demands were placed before the inter-ministerial central team (IMCT), which concluded a four-day assessment of the devastation in Sivasagar, Charaideo, Jorhat and…
Guwahati: Even as flood-battered Assam battles to restore normalcy, fresh heavy rain threatens to deepen its woes.IMD officials said moisture from the Bay of Bengal and an upper-air cyclonic circulation over central Assam, extending 1.5 km above mean sea level, could trigger significant rainfall across the northeast over the next week.An IMD release issued on…
Maniram Rohang (Driver), Rumi Devi, Archana Borthakur (in black), Kaberi and Luna Handique (From left to right) Archana Borthakur and her team distributing relief to flood affected people Maniram Rohang (Driver), Rumi Devi, Archana Borthakur (in black), Kaberi and Luna Handique (From left to right) Archana Borthakur and her team distributing relief to flood affected…
Dibrugarh: For 700 flood-displaced families of upper Assam, the national highway was never meant to be home. Neither were the railway tracks. Yet, for nearly 10 days, that’s where they have been taking shelter, caught between speeding traffic and rising waters.Families from Singibil Sontolisiga, Hatighuli, Duarapar Kakatigaon, Santipar, Padumoni and Barotigaon sought refuge on NH-2…
Guwahati: Education minister Ranoj Pegu on Thursday flagged off seven trucks carrying 1.61 lakh textbooks from the Assam State Textbook Production and Publication Corporation Ltd (ASTPPC) warehouse at Bonda in Guwahati for flood-affected students of Sivasagar, Charaideo and Jorhat districts.More than 1.5 lakh students live across the three districts, of whom around 1.12 lakh have…
Assam’s flood death toll has reached eighty after two more people died GUWAHATI: The death toll in Assam’s floods rose to 80 after two more people died in Sivasagar district on Thursday, even as the number of affected people dropped to 2.12 lakh across four districts, according to the Assam State Disaster Management Authority (ASDMA).According…
GUWAHATI: Hiloni Nepali Khuti, a thriving village in Assam’s Sivasagar district, along the banks of the Dikhow river, consisting of around 200 Gorkha families, has been wiped out by the devastating floods.Once a hamlet of happy souls, it is now reduced to just a barren stretch of sand and debris.Located barely 500 metres from the…
