Guwahati

Guwahati: Floods in upper Assam disrupted train services, forcing diversions, cancellations and passenger evacuations.Floodwater overtopped tracks at Simaluguri in Sivasagar district, forcing Northeast Frontier Railway (NFR) to suspend train movement on affected sections. More than 2,000 passengers were evacuated and moved by road.According to the Assam State Disaster Management Authority (ASDMA), Sivasagar, Charaideo and Jorhat…

Guwahati: Flood situation in Assam turned critical on Monday, with five people dead and two others missing. The death toll in the current monsoon season since mid-June has now climbed to 10.The state govt has deployed the Indian Army, along with NDRF, SDRF, fire and emergency services, civil defence volunteers and local administration, for rescue…

Guwahati: From a schoolboy clinging to a tree with his mother through the night in his flooded school campus at Nazira to countless families taking refuge on rooftops, the devastating floods sweeping through Assam’s Sivasagar and Charaideo districts have left behind scenes of unprecedented destruction.Triggered by torrential runoff from the hills of neighbouring Nagaland, the…

Guwahati: Tea Association of India (TAI), Assam branch, has reported that the unprecedented flood situation has severely affected tea-growing areas in the Nazira sub-division of Sivasagar district following incessant rainfall and a cloudburst in the adjoining areas of Nagaland.The association stated that the sudden surge of water in rivers originating from Nagaland caused all major…

Guwahati: The India Meteorological Department on Monday warned of active monsoon conditions across the northeast for four to five days.The forecast raised concerns of a worsening flood situation, with the region receiving heavy to extremely heavy rain in the past 24 hours. Guwahati recorded 137.8 mm rainfall on Monday, its third-highest July rain since 1951,…

Silchar: Cachar administration on Monday issued a flood advisory as the Barak river rose amid incessant rain and an IMD heavy-rain forecast for Assam.The District Disaster Management Authority (DDMA) said the weather increased the risk of flooding, flash floods and urban waterlogging in vulnerable areas. Low-lying localities may face flood-like conditions if the rain continues,…

Dibrugarh: Assam assembly speaker Ranjeet Kumar Dass on Monday visited the construction site of the proposed new Assam legislative assembly complex at Khanikar in Dibrugarh and reviewed the project’s master plan, a key component of the state’s proposed second capital.During the inspection, Dass said the new assembly building is being designed with an eye on…

Guwahati: Several organisations on Monday held a protest in the Chachal area, expressing solidarity with education reformer and activist Sonam Wangchuk and raising demands to improve the education system of the country.The protest was attended by members of Asom Jatiya Parishad (AJP), Raijor Dal, Assam Civil Society, Chatra Mukti Sangram Samiti, CPI groups and the…

Guwahati: Incessant rainfall since Sunday night triggered landslides at five locations in Guwahati on Monday, injuring four members of a family in the city’s Maligaon area.Officials said the incidents were reported from Kamakhya Main Road leading to the temple, Kamakhya Colony near Ganesh Mandir, Paschim Kamakhya Gaon, Pandu Temple Ghat and Madhabdeb Nagar in Maligaon.The…

The landslide also triggered a suspected gas leak inside the Samardung tunnel, according to officials. NAMCHI (Sikkim): At least 12 workers were trapped inside an under-construction road tunnel in Sikkim’s Namchi district after a landslide blocked its entrance on Monday afternoon, police said. The landslide also triggered a suspected gas leak inside the Samardung tunnel,…