FLOODS DATE: 31.07.04 at 7.00 PM CURRENT SITUATION
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SITUATION REPORT - ASSAM FLOODS NATURE OF HAZARD: FLOODS DATE: 31.07.04 at 7.00 PM Heavy floods in Assam have affected all the 27 districts of the state. These districts are Tinsukia, Dibrugarh, Shivsagar, Jorhat, Golaghat, Nagoan, Morigaon, Kamrup, Kamrup Metro, Darrang, Sonitpur, Dhemaji, Lakhimpur, Nalbari, Berpetta, Bongaigaon, Kokrajhar, Goalpara, Dhubri, Chirang, Karbi Anglong, Karimganj, Hailakhandi, Cachar, Udalguri, North Cachar Hills and Baska. The worst affected districts are Kamrup, Barpeta, Dhubri, Chirang, and Nagaon, Karimganj, Dhemaji, Karbu Anglong, Dibrugarh, Cachar Heavy rainfall received is recorded to be above normal in the state and in the neighboring uphill states and countries, occurring for a sustained period starting since the last week of June, resulted in the rise of water levels of the river network of Brahmaputra and it’s tributaries in the state, submerging a Large no. of villages. Everything submerged – a village in Goalpara district Added to the rise in the water level, breaches along the river & dam embankments, release of water from Bhutan, landslides and sudden change of course by rivers, aggravated and deteriorated overall flood situation of the state, rendering millions of people homeless. The flood has also caused widespread damages to human life, property, standing crops, flood control embankments, tea gardens and other basic infrastructure in the state. Most of the wild life sanctuaries - Kaziranga National Park, National Parks of Manas, Orang and Dibru-Saikhowa, and Wild Life Sanctuaries Burha Chapori, Pobitora, Laokhowa and Bornodi were also under the grip of floods. Hundreds of animals have been reported to have got killed in this wave of flood. A total 12.29 million people have been affected and as per the preliminary assessment, about 60 percent of the crops have been destroyed affecting 1.2 million farm families. Crop area affected so far is 1.15 million hectares. Similarly a damage to houses has been reported in large scale. A total of 5, 71,128 houses have been damaged. In some districts the gushing water completely washed away the house even. CURRENT SITUATION : Overall flood situation of the state is improving with the receding of the rivers and less rainfall over the state and adjoining areas in the past few days and there has been no fresh damages reported except the increase in the death toll. A total of 209 people have been report dead by this current wave of floods. Situation in the districts of Karimganj, Morigaon, Cachar, Nagaon and Goalpara is improving very marginally and in Barpeta, Bongaigaon and Majuli Island it remains grim. Army, Air Total population - census 2001 Force and specialist Search AFFECTED POPULATION IN FLOODS-2004 AS ON 30TH JULY, 2004 Total Population affected in floods -2004 and Rescue (SAR) team of 3,000,000 Central Institute of Security Forces (CISF) are carrying 2,500,000 2,515,030 out relief operations and at 2,315,387 vulnerable points they 2,000,000 remain deployed to meet 1,677,874 1,642,420 1,634,589 1523500 1,503,943 1501242 any emergency. 1,500,000 1,442,141 1342496 1190500 1,172,056 1,150,146 1,138,184 1,052,802 1040000 1,009,197 The total no. of villages 1,003,678 945,781 1,000,000 930,404 906,315 889,325 822,306 812,320 affected -10,502 nos. 775,874 715032 618875 569,468 544826 remains constant to that of 542,978 481477 458000 500,000 450495 343545 307200 affected villages reported 275800 247378 216000 186,189 184184 150000 125800 119860 106253 87850 74135 70120 yesterday. But water logging 60000 63000 has made life miserable in 0 0 0 0 0 0 Jorhat Dhubri Baksa Baksa Nalbari Cachar Chirang Nagaon Barpeta Kamrup Darrang Dhemaji Udalguri Sonitpur Tinsukia Sibsagar Golaghat Goalpara Marigaon Kokrajhar Dibrugarh Karimganj Hailakandi Lakhimpur Kamrup(M) Bongaigaon Karbi Anglong Karbi FLOOD AFFECTED DISTRICTS IN ASSAM Hills Cachar North some of the areas. Shelter camps are still operational in all the districts except Nalbari, Morigaon, N.Lakhimpur, Shivsagar, Udalguri, North Cachar Hills and Baksa. People have started moving to their houses, with the receding of the waters but potholes and breaches has restricted the movements of the people in few areas. 13, 81, 446 flood victims have taken refuse in 1,406 relief camps, being run in different districts. There is a likely chance of decrease in the relief camps in coming days, as there is no forecast for heavy rainfall in the northeastern states. Transportation of essential commodities has been affected due to damages to the roads in the state. With the non availability of pure drinking water, waterborne diseases have gained momentum and cases like diarrhea, & dysentery and fever cases are on increase. As per the Central Water Commission (CWC) report released –on 31th July, Brahmaputra & it’s tributaries, Dhansiri, Kopili, Katakhal and Kushiyara are flowing above the danger level in the northern upper districts and Brahmaputra has got a rising trend in the districts of Dibrugarh, Jorhat and Sonitpur as well. Similarly Dhansiri in Golaghat district has got a rising trend. With the rising of the rivers, DAMAGE DETAILS: No. of No. Area No. of Cropped area Loss of House Population Relief No. of of District affected village affected Human damaged affected camps/ inmates Cattle (Hectares) (Nos.) (Hectares) lives (F/P) Shelter lost Kamrup 225500.00 650 1342496 61451.00 145 197307 13 55 230161 Kamrup(M) 15326.00 70 87850 3571.43 9 2060 23 1100 Nalbari 112850.00 609 450495 62864.00 17 176 10000 Barpeta 253150.00 831 1190500 106204.00 156 120000 37 255 28806 Morigaon 102916.00 598 715032 56973.00 39 127 46924 Darrang 568496.00 388 481477 318473.00 60 47900 8 10179 Sonitpur 23685.00 272 247378 14821.00 10 9862 7 1078 Goalpara 72965.00 505 544826 33896.00 73 94900 4 5640 5340 Jorhat 108700.00 208 216000 17300.00 1 100 692 Dhubri 1604781.20 1016 1523500 20988.00 82 121000 7 476 10801 N.Lakhimpur 104193.00 460 343545 31341.00 4 609 515 Hailakandi 87250.00 205 125800 10100.00 40 7900 3 4100 Karimganj 118324.00 703 618875 19124.00 149 365826 5 108 14305 Dhemaji 74302.00 675 307200 54220.00 62 12293 2 533 Bongaigaon 59726.00 473 458000 21200.00 104 102910 6 29199 Kokrajhar 73953.00 127 74135 58973.00 5 571 5 50 9760 Karbi- 12931.00 200 150000 6632.00 9 5155 1 1468 Anglong Chirang 26910.00 257 275800 1541.06 13 3964 7 16 4334 Tinsukia 28500.00 116 60000 8400.00 2 235 1000 2000 Dibrugarh 9260.00 134 184184 6054.00 28 6569 1910 Golaghat 42763.00 101 106253 62500.00 0 0 2 950 Nagaon 241200.00 890 1501242 112801.00 260 124952 11 50 92427 Shivsagar 8710.00 105 63000 2100.00 50 Cachar 282950.00 540 1040000 63924.00 198 143201 10 580 60223 Udalguri 13375.00 254 119860 4120.00 1 4273 N.C.Hills 55 70120 205.20 (land slide & flood) 824 Baksa 60 Total 4272716.2 10502 12297568 1159776.69 1406 1366704 209 8650 571128 • Agriculture sector: 12, 00,000 farming families have been badly affected. The major kharif crop, Bao Ahu and Sali paddy (winter rice) and other crops have been affected in about 1.1 million hectares and crop damage to the extent of 60percent and above has been assessed. Name of Crop Area affected Extent of Area damaged (Hectares) Damage (%) (Hectares) 1. Regular Ahu 1,48,500 80 1,18,800 Name of Crop Area affected Extent of Area damaged (Hectares) Damage (%) (Hectares) 2. Winter rice (Bao + Sali) 2,75,781 80 2,20,625 3. Sali (Seedling) 74,335 80 59,468 4. Sugarcane 3,939 30 1,182 5. Jute 28,818 50 14,409 6. Others a. Summer vegetables. 31,394 80 25,115 b. Other minor crops. 36,533 50 18,267 Uncovered area (Winter rice) 5,00,000 - - TOTAL : 10,99,000 4,57,866 • Road Network : As per the Public Works Department reports - A total of 592 kms of National Highways and 3597 kms of State highways and rural roads have been damaged by the current wave of foods. 501 no. of bridges have also been damaged in total till date. Status of the National Highways (NH):- - NH -31 between Nalbari and Berpetta has been breached by 20 metres. A stretch of 81 kms between Abhayapur in Bongaigaon district to Chansari in Kamrup on this highway has been damaged. After the disruption of traffic through NH-31 on the South Bank, an alternative channel of road communication to the rest of India were routed from Guwahati through the NH-37 via Goalpara in the North Bank of the Brahmaputra.. - A stretch of 1 km on NH-37 in Tinsukia districts has been damaged. Flood waters of the Kopilli and Killing rivers have overtopped the NH at Palahguri and have thus disrupted the communication between Lower and Upper Assam. Significantly this is the only link between the State’s northern part and rest of the country. Traffic movement on the NH in Nagaon Division and Dibrugarh division has been closed. - NH-39 connecting Guwahati -Imphal has been cutoff due to landslides at three places. - NH-44 connecting Assam- Agartala (Tripura) has been restored but it is still under water at several places. The road was cutoff due to a major landslide at Sonarpur in Meghalaya. About 300 meters of the highway had got blocked. Although the road was operational after clearing off the Debris at Sonarpur, but due to heavy rains, it has again been cut off due to it’s submergence at Badarpur in Assam.