Himalayan News Service

Guwahati, July 14:

Flash floods and landslides triggered by heavy monsoon rains in India’s northeast have left at least 10,000 people displaced in Assam and Arunachal Pradesh, officials said today. In Assam, floodwaters of the Brahmaputra river have inundated at least 35 villages in the eastern districts of Dhemaji, Tinsukia and Dibrugarh. “Some 8,000 people are now taking shelter in raised platforms or in government buildings,” an Assam government official said. According to a Central Water Commission bulletin today, the Brahmaputra was flowing above the danger mark in at least six places. In adjoining Arunachal Pradesh, floodwaters of the river Lohit have led to disruption of road communications and triggered heavy landslides.

“The districts of Lohit and Anjaw have remained cut off from the rest of the state,” said a government official from the state capital Itanagar. He estimated that least 2,000 people were left homeless in the two districts due to the flooding.