Lakhimpur (D)

 LAKHIMPUR, Aug 23 – More than 50,000 people have been affected as more than forty villages were flooded by the swelling tributaries of the mighty Brahmaputra river in Dhemaji and Lakhimpur districts, reports PTI.

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Sushanta Talukdar Such projects in upper reaches of Arunachal rivers may hit areas downstream in Assam

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The joint agitation of the All Assam Students’ Union (AASU) and the Takam Mising Porin Kebang (TMPK) in support of their demands for revocation of all the proposals to set up mega hydel power projects in the NE region, solving Assam’s flood and erosion problems and saving the largest inhabited river island Majuli, started today.

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GUWAHATI, June 16 – At least 200 villages in Assam’s worst-affected Lakhimpur, Karimganj and Cachar districts were flooded, throwing normal life out of gear as hundreds of families were forced to leave their homes, reports PTI.

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GUWAHATI, June 13 – The State Government is for a permanent solution to the problems of flood and erosion in the State, instead of the ad-hoc measures to tackle the twin problems. With such an approach, the State Government has moved the Central Government and the Planning Commission as well.

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LAKHIMPUR, May 31 – State’s flood-prone Lakhimpur district was today hit by the third wave of floods following heavy rainfall in the foothills of the Himalayas in Arunachal Pradesh affecting more than 25,000 people, reports PTI.

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LAKHIMPUR, May 31: Flood-prone Lakhimpur district was today hit by the third wave of floods following heavy rainfall in the foothills of the Himalayas in Arunachal Pradesh affecting more than 25,000 people.

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GUWAHATI, May 17 – Flood water of the Ranganadi has inundated the NH-52 subway near the Ganesh Mandir area in North Lakhimpur town in Lakhimpur district, while the floodwater of the Singara has inundated seven villages under Naoboicha Revenue Circle of the district.

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LAKHIMPUR, May 16: Assam’s flood-prone districts of Lakhimpur and Dhemaji were today hit by the second flood of the season following heavy rainfall in the catchment areas, official sources said. The water level of Brahmaputra’s tributaries Ranganadi and Singora was rising alarmingly with fresh areas being inundated affecting 30 villages under Lakhimpur and Naoboicha Revenue Circles.

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