With Assam receiving torrential rain in the past 24 hours, five rivers in the state, including the Brahmaputra, are flowing above danger level, thus inundating more areas on Tuesday.
The Indian Army has opened up a flood monitoring cell to keep a close look at the situation and cater to flood rescue and relief operations if the state government asks for its assistance.
The Brahmaputra was flowing above danger level in Neematighat and Tezpur, river Jia Bharali in Sonitpur, river Dhansiri in Numaligarh and Subansiri in Lakhimpur district. River Dikhow was flowing above the danger mark in Sibasagar district as of Tuesday.
Lakhimpur, Dhemaji, Nagaon, Jorhat, Morigain, Biswanath and Golaghat districts are facing flash floods. Near 90,000 people are affected, sources told DH.
Guwahati and neighbouring areas are also facing urban flash floods and waterlogging.
According to a statement released by Assam State Disaster Management Authority (ASDMA) to media on Tuesday, 257 villages have been inundated. These include 60 villages which are completely marooned in Majuli River Island.
In Lakhimpur, 84 villages are flooded, official sources added. Over 6,000 hectares of crop land is inundated in the entire state.
Meanwhile, the Indian Army is closely monitoring the current flood situation and the levels of rising water in River Brahamaputra amid reports of the increasing flood threat in the area.
The Gajraj Corps in Tezpur is keeping a round the clock watch on the rising levels of water in river Brahamaputra and its other tributaries in its area of responsibility in Tezpur and Nagaon districts.
The Army flood relief columns are in a state of full readiness to be deployed for flood relief action as and when required in any of the affected areas.
Only last week, the armed forces in conjunction with NDRF, ASDMA and other civil government agencies carried out a national level flood relief exercise –Jal Rahat in Guwahati.
Meanwhile, the Regional Meteorological Centre (RMC) in Guwahati has issued a warning on Tuesday predicting heavy rain which is very likely to occur this week at isolated places in the Northeast, particularly in Assam and Arunachal Pradesh.