GUWAHATI: The flood situation in the State has deteriorated on Sunday with 15 districts reeling under its impact. More than 8 lakh people have been affected in the current wave of floods. Sources said seven people have died in floods in Dibrugarh, Tinsukia and Chabua during the past one week. The government has sounded an alert, as water level in most of the rivers in the State continue to rise owing to incessant rains in some upper Assam districts as well as in neighbouring Arunachal Pradesh. The flood situation has turned more critical in Kamrup, Jorhat, Dibrugarh, Tinsukia, Dhemaji, Lakhimpur and Sonitpur districts. Large parts of Dibru-Saikhowa, Kaziranga National Park and Pabitora Wildlife Sanctuary were submerged by the floodwaters. In Dibru-Saikhowa National Park in upper Assam’s Tinsukia district, two elephant calves were swept away on Sunday by the floodwaters, submerging a major portion of the park famous for its endangered animal species and evergreen forests. Alert has been sounded in the Kaziranga National Park. The surging waters of the Brahmaputra and its tributaries flooded fresh areas in Dibrugarh, Sonitpur, Tinsukia, Golaghat, Morigaon, Dhemaji, Kamrup (Rural), Lakhimpur, Baksa, Barpeta, Jorhat, Nalbari, Sivasagar and Udalguri districts. More than 500 villages in Dhemaji district are now under floodwaters, affecting 1.5 lakh people in the district. The district authorities has so far set up only 9 relief camps for giving shelter to the flood affected people. The road communication of Dhemaji district with other parts of the State and Arunachal Pradesh still remains cut off, triggering scarcity of essential commodities. Due to non-availability of road communication, the district administration is not being able to provide relief materials to the flood affected people. Ferry services have also been stopped at Sadia and Majuli island in Jorhat district as the Brahmaputra is flowing above danger level in many areas. The people of Majuli are experiencing floods for the fourth time this year with 250 villages in the island being submerged by the surging waters of the Brahmaputra. Due to the current wave of floods, 13 xatras in the river island are facing the land erosion threat. The Jorhat district administration is, however, trying to shift the flood affected people in Majuli to other safer places. All educational institutes in Majuli have been closed indefinitely from tomorrow in view of rising flood waters. Incessant rains in Arunachal Pradesh, Bhutan foothills and in the State for the last 15 days have caused the Brahmaputra and its tributaries to rise above the danger level in most places and breach river dykes, embankments, flooding human habitats and farm land. In Sonitpur district’s Gohpuria area under Lohitmukh Gaon Panchayat, more than 100 villages were submerged by the floodwaters. The Army and the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) were assisting the Sonitpur district administration in rescue and relief operations, pressing 10 special boats into service, where road communication has been snapped by the floods, said Sonitpur Deputy Commissioner Tapan Chandra Sarma. The Tinsukia district administration has airlifted 100 marooned people in waterlogged Sadiya subdivision’s Paanch Mile area and Army helicopters were airdropping food items there. In lower Assam, floodwaters have breached the Rangia-Goreshwar PWD road at Rangia in Kamrup district on Sunday morning, inundating new areas. The State government officials said the Brahmaputra is flowing above the danger level in Dibrugarh, Nimatighat and Tezpur.