Flood situation in Assam still critical, 10 million hit

Indo-Asian News Service

Guwahati, September 11, 2007

First Published: 14:00 IST(11/9/2007)

Last Updated: 14:03 IST(11/9/2007)

More than three million people have been displaced in Assam over the past week as the Brahmaputra river inundated vast swathes of the region, a situation the government described as "very critical".

"The situation is still very critical with the third wave of floods wreaking havoc in at least 20 of the state's 27 districts with an estimated three million people stranded since Wednesday," said Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi.

The floods that began in July have so far hit more than 10 million people covering about 9,000 villages - the worst hit districts being Cachar, Karimganj, Hailakandi, Dhubri, Morigaon, Barpeta and Nalbari.

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