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Report
from
the
Norteast
Vigil,
Assam
Over
20
lakh
(2
Million)
people
hit
by
floods
The
overall
flood
situation
in
the
State
of
Assam
remained
grim
with
the
number
of
affected
people
going
up
to
more
than
2
million
people
.
The
death
toll
in
the
current
wave
of
floods
also
increased
to
13
.
The
rail
and
road
communication
all
over
the
State
have
been
badly
affected
with
floodwaters
inundating
national
highways
and
railway
lines
.
According
to
official
reports,
the
current
wave
of
floods
have
so
far
affected
2794
villages
in
19
districts
of
the
State
and
about
four
lakh
(400,000)
houses
have
been
damaged
.
The
floods
have
also
caused
heavy
damage
to
standing
crops
and
as
per
reports
available,
more
than
four
lakh
hectares
of
cropland
has
been
affected
so
far
.
Due
to
inundation
of
the
railway
tracks,
trains
are
being
run
through
the
South
bank
of
the
Brahmaputra
and
the
Fakiragram
-
Guwahati
and
New
Bongaigaon
-
Guwahati
passenger
trains
have
been
cancelled
.
Assam
Governor
Ajai
Singh
and
Chief
Minister
Tarun
Gogoi
today
visited
the
flood
-
affected
areas
of
Kamrup
district
to
take
stock
of
the
situation
.
The
Union
Minister
of
State
for
Defence
Bijoy
Krishna
Handique
today
met
Prime
Minister
Dr
Manmohan
Singh
and
requested
him
to
send
all
possible
assistance
to
the
State
Government
to
deal
with
the
situation
.
The
floodwater
in
the
Barak
River
was
flowing
at
2
meters
above
the
danger
mark
in
the
silchar
area
on
July
22,
2004
.
The
flood
situation
in
the
three
Barak
valley
districts
remains
grim
with
the
water
level
of
the
rivers
Barak,
Katakhal
and
Dhaleswari
flowing
above
the
danger
level
.
More
than
two
lakh
people
of
the
valley
have
been
affected
and
rail
and
road
communication
to
the
valley
remain
cut
off
.
Three
persons
were
reportedly
buried
in
landslide
at
Sonapur
yesterday
.
