Daijiworld Media Network

Guwahati, Jun 30: The Bramhaputra has flooded the state of Assam once more, this time killing two people from Lakhimpur and Sonitpur, two of the 20 villages submerged in its waters. More than 5500 people have been affected by the floods. The information was released by the Assam State Disaster Management Authority (ASDMA).

The death toll has now risen to five with almost all the people of the Lakhimpur district being displaced from their homes. They are numbered to be around 4000 villagers who ahve lost their homes due to the violent waters. 700 hectares of crop have been estimated to be submerged in the murky waters. Two roads and one bridge too are also destroyed, all of which are said to be located near Sonitpur.

The ASDMA has also said that the rive Bramhaputra continues to flow above the danger mark at Nematighat in Jorhat as do the waters of its tributary Beki, at Road Bridge in Barpeta.