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Gohpur flood woes brim over
The woes of Dilip Das know no bounds.
ByPranab Kumar Dasin Tezpur
Published 20.08.17
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An inundated area in Gohpur town. Picture by Pranab Kumar Das
Tezpur, Aug. 19: The woes of Dilip Das know no bounds.
The rising waters of the Satrang washed away his household belongings and his cropland as it inundated Balijan Chapori in Gohpur subdivision of Biswanath district. The Satrang had swelled with rainwater flowing down from the adjoining hills of Papum Pare district in Arunachal Pradesh.
"We are taking shelter in a lower primary school for around a week where even drinking water is scarce. I have lost my property, my house has been badly damaged and standing crop washed way. My concern is how to feed my family of six," the 45-year-old fisherman told The Telegraph.
Like Balijan Chapori, most parts of Gohpur subdivision have been inundated in the fresh wave of floods. The affected villages include South Jaipur, Madhya Satrang, Gaur Basti and also ward 6 of Gohpur town.
Balijan Chapori is around 4km from Gohpur, which is 120km east of here and nearly 300km northeast of Guwahati.
The affected villagers could not move to the approach road to the village or National Highway 15, that runs from Baihata in Kamrup district to Wakro in Lohit district of Arunachal Pradesh, for temporary shelter as both roads were submerged.
Padmeshwar Kutum, 50, of Rawnamukh village lost his entire stock of foodgrains after his granary got submerged. Granaries in flood-affected areas are usually built at least 10 feet high. But most of the houses in Rawnamukh had been submerged and residents had to be evacuated in boats to higher ground. Kutum broke down when asked how he would feed his family of 10 for the rest of the year.
According to the Assam State Disaster Management, 1,497.7 hectares of cropland have been damaged in Gohpur subdivision.
The residents of Koliabor subdivision in adjoining Nagaon district also experienced the worst floods in over 45 years. Roads were cut-off and electricity snapped in most of the affected areas for nearly a week. Bholaguri Satra, Jonali Chuk Jayantipur, Santipur and Chilabhandha are the worst affected villages.
Dulan Bhuyan of Bholaguri Satra, who was taking shelter on the roadside with his family, said granaries of more than 100 families have been submerged by the rising waters of the Kalang after it breached the Hatimura dyke.
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Gohpur flood woes brim over
The woes of Dilip Das know no bounds.
ByPranab Kumar Dasin Tezpur
Published 20.08.17
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An inundated area in Gohpur town. Picture by Pranab Kumar Das
Tezpur, Aug. 19: The woes of Dilip Das know no bounds.
The rising waters of the Satrang washed away his household belongings and his cropland as it inundated Balijan Chapori in Gohpur subdivision of Biswanath district. The Satrang had swelled with rainwater flowing down from the adjoining hills of Papum Pare district in Arunachal Pradesh.
"We are taking shelter in a lower primary school for around a week where even drinking water is scarce. I have lost my property, my house has been badly damaged and standing crop washed way. My concern is how to feed my family of six," the 45-year-old fisherman told The Telegraph.
Like Balijan Chapori, most parts of Gohpur subdivision have been inundated in the fresh wave of floods. The affected villages include South Jaipur, Madhya Satrang, Gaur Basti and also ward 6 of Gohpur town.
Balijan Chapori is around 4km from Gohpur, which is 120km east of here and nearly 300km northeast of Guwahati.
The affected villagers could not move to the approach road to the village or National Highway 15, that runs from Baihata in Kamrup district to Wakro in Lohit district of Arunachal Pradesh, for temporary shelter as both roads were submerged.
Padmeshwar Kutum, 50, of Rawnamukh village lost his entire stock of foodgrains after his granary got submerged. Granaries in flood-affected areas are usually built at least 10 feet high. But most of the houses in Rawnamukh had been submerged and residents had to be evacuated in boats to higher ground. Kutum broke down when asked how he would feed his family of 10 for the rest of the year.
According to the Assam State Disaster Management, 1,497.7 hectares of cropland have been damaged in Gohpur subdivision.
The residents of Koliabor subdivision in adjoining Nagaon district also experienced the worst floods in over 45 years. Roads were cut-off and electricity snapped in most of the affected areas for nearly a week. Bholaguri Satra, Jonali Chuk Jayantipur, Santipur and Chilabhandha are the worst affected villages.
Dulan Bhuyan of Bholaguri Satra, who was taking shelter on the roadside with his family, said granaries of more than 100 families have been submerged by the rising waters of the Kalang after it breached the Hatimura dyke.
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