GUWAHATI, June 29 – The current wave of flood has affected 1,014 villages in thirteen districts of the State. It has also damaged standing crop of 22,502 hectares of paddy field and affected a population to the size of 8,63,445. So far, it has claimed five lives, said an official flood bulletin here this evening. The districts affected by the flood this time are Kamrup, Nalbari, Barpeta, Morigaon, Darrang, Sonitpur, Goalpara, Dhubri, North Lakhimpur, Jorhat, Bongaigaon, Hailakandi and Karimganj, said the bulletin.
There is a general improvement in the situation in the Brahmaputra valley with the water level of almost all the rivers showing a receding trend. However, road communication in several places of Kamrup and Nalbari districts still remain disrupted. In Nalbari district erosion by river Mora Pagladiya is still continuing at Halungbari, Mukaldonga, Hossong, Madhukuchi, Mutkuchi Suba and Hara.
In Morigaon district, road communication between Nagaon and Bhuragaon still remains disrupted. In the Barak valley, the Katakhal is still flowing above the danger level and some more villages of Algapur revenue circle have faced inundation. One Md Makmood Hussain Mazarbhuyan (48) of village Mohanpur Part III was reported to have drowned on June 28, said the bulletin. The Kushiara is also flowing above the danger level in Karimganj district, the bulletin added.