Incessant heavy downpour since Monday night caused severe waterlogging and traffic snarls in upper Assam’s Dibrugarh town on Tuesday. Locals alleged that the unclean and clogged drain due to incompetency and apathy of the civic body and local legislator has been the prime reason behind the severe waterlogging problem which has become a perennial. Several big trees along the roads were also uprooted due to the loosening of soil owing to steady rainfall since past one week.
The incessant downpour has caused severe waterlogging in all 22 wards of the town inundating roads, shops and residential houses. The flash flood affected all major residential areas like Milan Nagar, Jibon Phukan Nagar, Ashit Nagar, KP Road, Bordoloi Avenue, Lachit Nagar, Chowkidinghee, Khaniagaon, Gangapara, Seujpur, Amolapatty, Padum Nagar, Naliapool, Santipara, Durgabari, Bishnu Nagar, Guardpara, Khalihamari and Graham Bazar with rain water entering several households. The busy Mancotta road was also badly affected by the flash flood in several stretches. The 300-metre stretch of road just before the Thana Chariali flyover from the Chowkidinghee side resembled a rivulet with the water level reaching upto the knee-height.
Meanwhile the Brahmaputra was flowing at 104.67 metre in Dibrugarh against the danger level of 105.70 metre. In the last 24 hours, Dibrugarh received a total of 47.80mm of rainfall as per data received from the water resources department.
