: Like a scene from 'Titanic': Assam residents say this may be the worst flood in living memory #IndiaNEWS The water entered Asif Iqbal Khan’s home on June 17. Relentless heavy rain had meant the

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Like a scene from 'Titanic': Assam residents say this may be the worst flood in living memory #IndiaNEWS
The water entered Asif Iqbal Khan’s home on June 17. Relentless heavy rain had meant the Palla river, which cuts across Lower Assam’s Barpeta, had overflowed its banks that day. Two days since, the water is yet to recede from Khan’s home in Barpeta district’s Kadumguri village. His family remains marooned on beds inside the house.The Palla overflows almost every year, but the 29-year-old Khan said he had never seen such flooding. “The water is flowing one foot above the main road, carrying very strong currents,� said Khan, who teaches in a private school in the village.The situation is grim across much of the state: as of Sunday evening, over 37 lakh people across 4,462 villages had been affected by flood and landslides in 30 districts. Three districts are yet to submit their flood data. Over 1.5 lakh people have been forced to leave their homes and are quartered in 816 state-run relief camps. At least 71 people have died so far.The year 2004 was bad, too, Khan recalled, but they did not see such a deluge. “Back then, the floodwater did enter our house or submerge the main road,� Khan said.The Palla has indeed been on the rampage this year. It has washed away...Read more

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