The flood situation in Dhemaji district has still remained grim. The district is cut off from the rest of the country for the 11th day today since the night of August 13. Heavy rains for the past two days have resulted in the Moridhol river overtopping its dykes on both the banks in Moridhol Gaon Panchayat areas inundating around 10 villages since Saturday. Deputy Commissioner of the district Dr P Ashok Babu told this newspaper this afternoon that following excessive rains these days, the Jiadhol river had overtopped NH-52 in a length of around one kilometre between Jiadhol -1 and Jiadhol- 2 bridges. Border Road Organisation (BRO) people though ready with the components of the bailey bridges at their Likabali camp. But due to the submergence of the NH-52, they are not able to proceed to the breach points. They are expected to repair the road as soon the floodwater recedes and the highway becomes motorable, said Dr Babu. Meanwhile, district administration has put up foot bridges at Samarajan and Butikur breach points so that commuters can cross the breaches and take the buses to their destinations. Country boats are also plying at the breach points as per the rates fixed by the district administration, for carrying small vehicles etc, said the DC. The district administration has started distribution of essential items like potato, vegetables, dal etc through the public distribution system (PDS) outlets by liasoning with the wholesalers. This has been done with a view at maintaining the price line of the parallel low-priced retailed outlets controlled by the Government, said the D C. Moreover, a flying squad of Supply Inspectors under the Assistant Director of Food and Civil Supplies, has been formed to conduct checks in the outlets, he said. On the stock position of food items in the district, he said that 30,000 quintals of rice are there in the stock of the Dehmaji district FCI authorities. This stock is enough to meet the requirement of the district for the next 40 to 50 days. Meanwhile, traders of the district are also encouraged to procure essential items from Dibrugarh and to ferry them to Dhemaji through the river route, he said. On the stock position of the petroleum products like petrol and diesel, he said that the IOC tankers are unloading fuels through pipes to the containers kept by the district administration on the other side of the opening at Butikur. The district has now a stock of about 50,000 litres of diesel and another stock of about 38,000 litres of petrol, he said. It needs mention here that floodwaters of the Samarajan and Jiadhol-Kumatia had breached the NH-52 at two places and washed away the wooden bridge over the Samarajan, on the highway, on the night of August 13. The evening flood bulletin of the Central Water Commission (CWC) has stated that the mighty Brahmaputra is flowing above the danger level (DL) at Dibrugarh (at 105.27 metres) with a steady trend. The mighty river is flowing above the DL at Neamatighat (85.18 metres) with a falling trend and at Dhubri, it is flowing above the DL (28.98 metres) with a steady trend. At Tezpur, its water level is exactly at the DL (85.23 metres). The river is maintaining a steady trend there. The Dikhow is flowing above the DL at Sivasagar (92.65 metres) with a falling trend, while the Dhansiri (S) is flowing above the DL at Numaligarh (77.69 metres) with a similar trend. Similarly, the Manas at NH Crossing (48.71 metres) and the Kushiara at Karimganj (15.78 metres) are also flowing above the DL. The Manas is maintaining a steady trend, while the Kushiara is maintaining a falling trend, said the CWC flood bulletin. According to the State flood bulletin, the Brahmaputra is flowing above the warning level (WL) at Guwahati and Goalpara with a steady trend. It has also stated that the Burhidihing at Khowang, Subansiri at Lakhimpur, Desang at Sivasagar, Jia-Bharali in Sonitpur, Beki at Barpeta, Barak at AP Ghat and Katakhal in Cachar are also flowing above the WL.