With the latest report of casualties, the death count in floods, and other natural disasters in Assam this year has risen to 78. As many as 10 rivers including Brahmaputra are flowing above the red mark affecting about 2.4 million people.
Assam's flood situation has worsened, impacting over 6.44 lakh people across 19 districts. Multiple agencies are engaged in rescue operations as eight rivers flow above the danger mark.
Every year, villages in Assam battle with flood and its repercussions, hundreds of people are forced to leave their house and stay on roads.
Union External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar visited the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA)-funded Guwahati water supply project site along Brahmaputra River in Guwahati on February 15.
The 14th Five-Year Plan (2021-2025) and National Economic and Social Development and the Long-Range Objectives Through the Year 2035 were adopted by Plenum - a key policy body of the CPC - last month.
Inland Water Transport Department resumed passenger ferry services on Brahmaputra River in Guwahati on October 05.
Water level is gradually receding in Brahmaputra river amid flood conditions in parts of Assam. Water level had crossed danger-mark by 8 cm in the river.
Himachal Pradesh's Garo Hills witnessed surge in water levels due to heavy rains, which have caused flood like situations in many parts.
The situation has worsened due to flood in Assam. The flood waters entered to villages in Assam's Bongaigaon after water level of the Brahmaputra River rose following incessant rainfall in the region.
Villages near Guwahati have been flooded creating havoc in the daily lives of the locals. As water level of Brahmaputra river has risen following heavy rainfall in the region, water entered the villages.
The water level of Brahmaputra River continues to rise in Assam's Guwahati. Water has crossed the warning level following heavy rainfall.
Water level of the Brahmaputra river is rising every hour in Guwahati due to heavy rainfall, leading to flood-like situation in Assam. Local lives got affected due to it.
Water level of Brahmaputra River has risen to 45.00 metre after incessant rainfall in Guwahati.
The Kamrup Metro district administration confirmed the incident. Witnesses said they saw several passengers from the ferry trying to swim to the shore.
“On the basis of humanitarian spirit and our shared will to develop bilateral ties we will continue with the cooperation on hydrological information cooperation,” Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Lu Kang said.
Sushma Swaraj also said India intends to "remain engaged with China on the issue of trans-border rivers to safeguard our interest, including through an institutionalised expert-level mechanism which was established in 2006".
In October, China had denied reports of plans to build tunnel to divert Brahmaputra waters to the arid regions of Xinjiang, saying the report is untrue and false.
“This is untrue. This is a false report,” Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Hua Chunying told a media briefing when asked about the report.
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