Residents in the small riverside village of Nohira fled as the water gouged out a huge section of the embankment protecting it. Most are poor villagers with no money and nowhere to go. “We don’t know how we are going to survive and have no idea where we are going to get our next meal from,” Madhurima Das, a mother of three, told reporters. “The government did nothing, despite being informed several times about the danger of our village being washed away due to severe erosion of the embankment,” a young man, Lalit Nath, said.
The Central Water Commission reported that the situation in Assam had eased slightly by yesterday. But the Brahmaputra River continued to flow at dangerous levels in four places and above warning levels in seven major points in the state.
The state of Bihar has also been badly affected. Officially, two people are confirmed dead but local media reports indicate that 15 have died. Most drowned while trying to flee in small boats that capsized. In the first week of July, 44,000 people in 104 villages in four districts were hit by flooding. The figure has climbed to 80,000 people this week and rain forecast in neighbouring Nepal could exacerbate flooding in the state. At least 3,000 hectares of crops have been inundated.
The Central Water Commission reported that the situation in Assam had eased slightly by yesterday. But the Brahmaputra River continued to flow at dangerous levels in four places and above warning levels in seven major points in the state.
The state of Bihar has also been badly affected. Officially, two people are confirmed dead but local media reports indicate that 15 have died. Most drowned while trying to flee in small boats that capsized. In the first week of July, 44,000 people in 104 villages in four districts were hit by flooding. The figure has climbed to 80,000 people this week and rain forecast in neighbouring Nepal could exacerbate flooding in the state. At least 3,000 hectares of crops have been inundated.