Assam sounds flood alert
Indo-asian news service, Guwahati
The Assam government on Tuesday sounded an alert after heavy monsoon rains and flash floods inundated more than a hundred villages, displacing nearly 150,000 people."A general alert has been sounded across the state with a central control room set up to monitor the flood situation with the rising level of all major rivers leading to floodwaters inundating hundreds of villages," said Bhumidhar Barman, state revenue, relief and rehabilitation minister. According to a Central Water Commission bulletin, the Brahmaputra river is flowing above the danger level in at least seven places in Assam.
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