The flood situation in Dhemaji district has gone from bad to worse on Saturday following the breach of an embankment on the river Jiadhol at Tekjuri.
The Brahmaputra and all its tributaries in the district were flowing above the danger level affecting over 3 lakh people.
On the other hand, the Brahmaputra was flowing above the danger level in Jorhat, Goalpara and Dhubri while its tributaries Dhansiri, Jia-Bharali and Kopili was flowing above the danger level at Golaghat, Sonitpur and Nagaon respectively.
The current wave of flood has severely affected the districts of Barpeta, Bongaigaon, Dhemaji, Jorhat, Lakhimpur, Sonitpur, Morigaon, Dibrugarh, Kamrup, Goalpara, Nagaon and Nalbari with nearly thousand villages inundated. /
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