15,000 families displaced in Meghalaya after floods

October 01, 2012 13:52

The severe back flow of Brahmaputra river in the past three days has created havoc in the western plain belts of Meghalaya displacing more than 15,000 families and affecting more than a lakh, officials said on Monday.

The current wave of floods inundating the plain belt areas from Hallidayganj upto Nidanpur area was because the swelling of the Brahmaputra in Dhubri area caused a sudden back flow and stagnation of water in the entire plain belt area next to the Jingiram river since September 27, they said.

Several hundred acres of standing 'Sali' paddy cultivation, the crucial food crop of the people of the area, was completely destroyed eroding all hopes of economic recovery, West Garo Hills district deputy commissioner Pravin Bakshi said.

He said over one lakh people were affected by the second wave of floods hitting the low lying areas and an official initial assessment showed that destruction to households and crops was more severe this time though fewer numbers of houses are completely deluged or inundated.

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