Flood situation continues to deteriorate in the State on Monday with reports coming in of more villages being inundated by surging waters of the Brahmaputra and its tributaries in upper and lower Assam districts. Flood waters have inundated at least 100 villages in Jorhat, Dhemaji, Tinsukia, Sivasagar, Nalbari and Dibrugarh districts since Sunday. Sources said a total of nine people had died in the floods in Assam so far. Floods have affected about 19,979.15 hectares of cropland in 15 districts, affecting 38,3792 people. “Fresh villages have been inundated since Sunday evening in the four districts of upper Assam. However, there is no report of any human causality so far in the region,” an official said. The Brahmaputra and its tributaries were flowing above the danger levels at many places across the State, the sources said, adding that water level had been rising alarmingly in Tinsukia and Dibrugarh districts. An embankment in Dibrugarh town is on the verge of collapse due to the surging waters of the Brahmaputra. The Brahmaputra is also flowing above the danger level at Nimatighat. “Flood waters may enter the campus of Dibrugarh University and Assam Medical College and Hospital. The construction work of the Bogibeel Bridge has also been stopped,” said sources. The Dibrugarh district administration has sounded a red alert throughout the district. Several villages in Dhemaji district are also under floodwaters as the Nonui river is flowing above the danger level. Sources said that flood situation in Dhemaji district has aggravated due to construction of dams on the Siang river in Arunachal Pradesh and the Lower Subansiri river. Dhemaji Deputy Commissioner MS Manivananam, Revenue Circle Officer Laxmi Kutum, MLA Sumitra Patir and other district officials visited the flood hit sites of Dhemaji district. Meanwhile, authorities have prohibited the movement of passenger ferries and boats on the Brahmaputra. “Majuli was cut off on Monday as the Jorhat district administration ordered to stop running of passenger ferries and boats between Nimatighat and Majuli due to rising water levels,” an official said. “Similarly, the movement of passenger boats and ferries between Dhala and Sadiya has been stopped after the water level reached above the danger mark,” he added. Floods have also affected the Dibru Saikhowa National Park in Tinsukia district and the Kaziranga National Park in Golaghat district. Surging flood water has also snapped road connection between many places in upper Assam. Flood situation also deteriorated in three districts of lower Assam - Barpeta, Nalbari and Baksa -as incessant rains breached embankments inundating 75 villages. Vast tracts of cropland are now under the floodwaters, affecting thousands of people. Sources informed that river-bank of the Suklai breached at Naokata in Baksa, while the Beki river had breached its bank at Kalgachiya in Barpeta district. The Pagladiya, Suklai and Beki rivers are in spate and flowing above the danger marks at several places in Nalbari, Barpeta and Baksa districts. It may be mentioned that Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi, Disaster Management Department Minister Prithibi Majhi and other top officials of the department are now in the US to attend a disaster management workshop.