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Thousands marooned by floods in Assam
Jayantipur
(Assam): Assam hit by floods is forcing thousands of people to move
to higher reaches. Rivers swollen by heavy monsoon rains burst their banks
and have inundated more than 50 villages. The villagers said that at least
800 people have been marooned in Rangiya district after Nona River breached
its embankment. "We are living in someone else's house. I have left my
livestock in a different place. For the last three days we are living
like this. I have sent my kids to a relative's house," Omba Das, a resident
of flood-affected Jayantipur village said. Officials on Wednesday said
that at least 10 people have been killed by overflowing rivers, landslides
and lightning. Police said deaths have been reported from Assam and Tripura.
In Bangladesh, nearly half a million people have been marooned by flooding
this week. Officials said torrents had swept two people to death after
the Matamuhuri River flooded several villages at Chokoria, 350 km southeast
of Dhaka. The Kushiara and Surma rivers flowing above their danger level
marks have flooded thousands of homes, miles of road and hundreds of acres
of cropland in Sylhet in Bangladesh.
-June 16, 2006
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