Assam: Brahmaputra River water level rises due to incessant rain, 38,000 people affected
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Assam: Brahmaputra River water level rises due to incessant rain, 38,000 people affected

Brahmaputra's water level rises in Guwahati due to incessant heavy rainfall; 38,000 people affected. The water level of the Brahmaputra River has started rising due to heavy rain in Guwahati. The heavy rainfall also caused waterlogging in several low-lying parts of the city

by WEB DESK
Jun 18, 2023, 01:00 pm IST
in Bharat, Assam
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Guwahati: Following incessant rain, a rise in water level was witnessed in the Brahmaputra River in Assam. Guwahati Development Department (GDD) Minister Ashok Singhal on June 16 inspected the water pumps and sluice gate of the Bharalu River, a tributary of the Brahmaputra River. The minister instructed the officials to ensure the sluice gate of Bharalu River functions smoothly. “Today I inspected the water pumps and sluice gate of Bharalu river and instructed the officials to ensure the sluice gate of Bharalu river functions smoothly to avoid any hindrance to the flow of water from Guwahati city,” the minister said in a tweet.

Meanwhile, the flood situation in Assam’s Lakhimpur remains grim.

As the water levels of many rivers are rising up following incessant rain and a few districts of Assam have been affected in the first spell of flood, the state government is ready to deal with any kind of situation and directed all districts to be alert. The Assam government is in touch with all agencies including the Indian army, Indian Air Force (IAF), NDRF to tackle the emergency situation.

Talking about the flood preparedness made by the state government, Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Assam Disaster Management Authority (ASDMA) Gyanendra Dev Tripathi told ANI that, the overall situation is building up, not at its peak and it is the start of flood season, but the state government is fully prepared to deal with any kind of situation.

“We are focused on more preparedness starting from January 2023. We have done extensive deliberations and consultations with all the stakeholders, all the responding agencies, all the warning-giving agencies, all the information-providing agencies. We have done thematic discussions and thereafter we have done district preparedness, a score card which has shown tremendous improvement over the preparedness that was last year. We have checked the preparedness this year, the districts are much better prepared in comparison to last year. We are fully geared up for dealing with flood situations,” said Gyanendra Dev Tripathi.

“During pre-monsoon, we didn’t receive much rainfall and there was a huge deficit of rainfall. The monsoon was supposed to come from June 5, but it came on June 10 and some of the districts experienced some degree of floods particularly in Lakhimpur district because of huge rainfall in neighbouring states as well as in Lakhimpur district and number of people have been affected. The overall situation is building up, not at its peak and it is the start of flood season,” GD Tripathi said further.

He further said that, as part of the preparedness, all the agencies including Indian army, Indian Air Force, NDRF, SDRF, Fire and Emergency Services, Central Water Commission, Indian Meteorological Department, all the warning giving agencies, all are on hold and we have in common alerting protocol system where the alerts from all the agencies are shared, with the geographical location system, so we can target a particular locality and shared the warning with the people of the particular area.

As the water levels of many rivers are rising up in Assam following incessant rain and a few districts of Assam have been affected in the first spell of flood, the state government is ready to deal with any kind of situation and directed all districts to be alert.

The Assam government is in touch with all agencies including the Indian army, Indian Air Force (IAF), NDRF to tackle the emergency situation. Talking about the flood preparedness made by the state government, Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Assam Disaster Management Authority (ASDMA) Gyanendra Dev Tripathi told ANI that, the overall situation is building up, not at its peak and it is the start of flood season, but the state government is fully prepared to deal with any kind of situation.

“We are focused on more preparedness starting from January 2023. We have done extensive deliberations and consultations with all the stakeholders, all the responding agencies, all the warning-giving agencies, all the information-providing agencies. We have done thematic discussions and thereafter we have done district preparedness, a score card which has shown tremendous improvement over the preparedness that was last year. We have checked the preparedness this year, the districts are much better prepared in comparison to last year. We are fully geared up for dealing with flood situations,” said Gyanendra Dev Tripathi.

“During pre-monsoon, we didn’t receive much rainfall and there was a huge deficit of rainfall. The monsoon was supposed to come from June 5, but it came on June 10 and some of the districts experienced some degree of floods particularly in Lakhimpur district because of huge rainfall in neighbouring states as well as in Lakhimpur district and number of people have been affected. Overall situation is building up, not at its peak and it is the start of flood season,” GD Tripathi said further.

He further said that, as part of the preparedness, all the agencies including Indian army, Indian Air Force, NDRF, SDRF, Fire and Emergency Services, Central Water Commission, Indian Meteorological Department, all the warning giving agencies, all are on hold and we have in common alerting protocol system where the alerts from all the agencies are shared, with the geographical location system, so we can target a particular locality and shared the warning with the people of the particular area.

“The Assam Chief Minister reviewed the flood preparedness last Sunday and detailed instructions have been given to the Deputy Commissioners to enhance the preparedness. We have made a formal arrangement of sharing the data from neighbouring States with district agencies, all the Deputy Commissioners as well as Central Water Commission. We are absolutely ready, we are fully prepared and working day and night to enhance preparedness,” GD Tripathi said.

According to the Assam State Disaster Management Authority (ASDMA), following incessant rain the water level of many river is rising up and the Brahmaputra river is flowing above danger level mark at Nimatighat in Jorhat district, Kopili at Kampur in Nagaon district, Puthimari at Nh road crossing in Kamrup district.

Nearly 38,000 people in 13 districts have affected in the first spell of flood.146 villages under 23 revenue circles in Lakhimpur, Biswanath, Udalguri, Darrang, Dhemaji, Dibrugarh, Hojai, Nagaon, Sonitpur, Tinsukia, Udalguri districts have been affected in the deluge while urban floods have been reported in Cachar, Kamrup (Metro) and Nalbari districts. Meanwhile, the water level of the Brahmaputra River in Guwahati is also rising. (With Inputs ANI)

 

Topics: Assam Disaster Management AuthorityBrahmaputra River water level risesGuwahati Development DepartmentMinister Ashok SinghalNDRF to tackle the emergency situationEmergency ServicesCentral Water CommissionIndian Air ForceIndian Meteorological DepartmentBrahmaputra river
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