In PICS | Assam Flood Situation Worsens, Residents Face Shortage Of Food And Drinking Water

 

Villagers make a temporary bamboo bridge after a portion of a road was washed away due to flood following heavy rainfall at a village in Nagaon. The flood situation in Assam worsened on Wednesday following incessant rain. (Source: PTI)

A damaged section of a bridge following floods in Nagaon district. Floodwaters have damaged 155 roads and five bridges while seven embankments have been breached. A total of 64 houses have been fully damaged and 5,693 partially damaged by the floods. (Source: PTI)

A woman at her flooded house at Nagendra Nagar in Karimganj district. Five more people lost their lives in the deluge and the number of affected people has risen to 24.92 lakh. (Source: PTI)

Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma conducts an inspection of the damage in aftermath of floods at Rangirkhari in Silchar. Silchar town in Cachar district continued to remain inundated for the last 10 days. (Source: PTI)

Villagers use a banana raft to cross a flooded field at a village in Nagaon. Brahmaputra, Beki, Kopili, Barak and Kushiyara rivers were flowing above the danger level in some places. Farmlands over 85,673.62 hectares of land are still inundated, while 4,304 animals have been washed away. (Source: PTI)

A man uses a makeshift boat to travel on a flooded road in Kamrup district. In Silchar, most localities are still water-logged and the situation remains critical, with residents facing a shortage of food, drinking water and medicines. (Source: PTI)

Villagers carry potable water in containers as they wade through a flooded area at Nilambazar village in Karimganj district. Water pouches and water purifying tablets are being distributed among the affected people, while temporary toilets have been set up in some camps. (Source: PTI)

A partially submerged petrol pump in Kamrup district. The MeT Department has issued a 'red alert' in the districts of Kokrajhar, Chirang and Baksa, and an 'orange alert' in Dhubri, Barpeta, Bongaigaon, Udalguri, Biswanath, Lakhimpur, Dhemaji and Dibrugarh. (Source: PTI)