Majuli in Jorhat district, the number of villages submerged by floodwaters has gone up to 77 from three since yesterday, affecting a population of about 60,000.
Majuli sub-divisional officer (civil) Laya Madduri said the situation had turned grim today with floodwaters gushing in and inundating many areas under four panchayats — Luitporia, Ratanpurmiri, Shriram and Ratanpur Gayon — after yesterday’s breach of an embankment at Sonowal Kachari area in upper Majuli....
(News from Telegraph India)
-Abakash Majuli
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