Bhupen Goswami
GUWAHATI: The northeastern state of Assam is once again reeling under incessant rains after heavy floods and landslides hit several districts in May. In Assam, six people have been killed in landslides in the last three days so far. Eight people have died in Assam, 4 in Meghalaya, 2 in Sikkim, 7 in Arunachal, a total of 21 people have died in the last 24 hours.
The flood situation in Guwahati and its surrounding areas remained grim and all educational institutions remained closed on Thursday as well. However, there is some relief from the incessant rain. Kamrup (Metro) Deputy Commissioner Pallav Gopal Jha said in a notification, “All educational institutions will remain closed next Friday due to the alert of possible heavy rains in urban areas issued by the Meteorological Department. In Assam, two minor siblings were buried alive in a landslide triggered by a landslide triggered by heavy rains in Goalpara town. Their bodies have been recovered from the debris. The landslide caused the adjacent walls of his house to collapse, under the debris of which two minors were buried alive.His bodies have been recovered by the State Disaster Response Fund (SDRF) team at Goalpara. Let us know that so far six people have died due to landslides in Assam in the last three days. 76 people have died in floods and landslides in the state this year. Some parts of National Highway 6 and Assam National Highway 37, 52 under Maghalya and Lumshong police station areas of Meghalaya have collapsed due to landslides triggered by incessant rains, officials said today. District Disaster Management Authority (DDMA) officials said the landslide disrupted vehicular movement along the highway and people have been advised to avoid taking the route.
Efforts are being made to clear the blocked route and necessary assistance is being provided to stranded passengers,” he said. Authorities are currently allowing only restricted movement along the highway, which connects parts of southern Assam, Mizoram, Tripura and Manipur to the rest of the country. On the other hand, the bus of Alkem Pharmaceutical Company, in which 32 employees were on their way back home after work, crashed around 4 km away from its production unit at Samardung in South Sikkim at around 11:30 am on Wednesday. The accident — the result of a boulder hitting a bus from a hill near Jholungay in Samardung in landslides triggered by incessant rains — killed a 57-year-old senior technician and injured three others. Earlier, one person was killed and two others injured when a tree fell on an auto-rickshaw in Karimganj in Assam amid heavy rains. The incident took place near Karimganj fire service station. According to police, the deceased has been identified as Azhar Uddin and was the driver of the autorickshaw. The injured in the auto were taken to the hospital. Along with other parts of the state, Karimganj district is also receiving continuous rains. The India Meteorological Department (IMD) recorded heavy rainfall of 811.6 mm in the last 24 hours at Cherrapunji in Meghalaya, the highest since 1995 in June. At the same time, Mausinram, 10 km from Cherrapunji, received 710.6 mm of rainfall in the same period, which is the highest since June 1966. Imd data shows that this has happened only 10 times now, when more than 750 mm of rainfall was recorded in the month of June. On June 16, 1995, the city, nestled in the East Khasi hills, received 1563.3 mm of rainfall. A day earlier on June 15, 1995, it received 930 mm of rainfall. On June 10, 1966, 717.6 mm of rainfall was recorded in Mausinram. On June 7, 1966, there was 944.7 mm of rainfall. Mausinram is currently the place with the highest rainfall in India with an average annual rainfall of 11802.4 mm (period 1974-2022). Cherrapunji receives 11359.4 mm rainfall in one year (period 1971-2020). The met department said the southwest monsoon advanced further over maharashtra, karnataka, tamil nadu and more parts of coastal andhra pradesh on wednesday. Heavy rains are likely to continue over northeast and sub-Himalayan West Bengal and Sikkim during the next five days. Heavy rain is likely to occur at many places in Assam and Meghalaya today.
