Assam: Kamprup (M) district administration issues advisory amid heavy rain

The advisory read, "In view of incessant rain, citizens are advised not to venture out unless absolutely essential. If your residence is prone to water logging or landslides, please consider shifting to a safer location."

Moreover, the district administration further issued helpline numbers for any emergency situation.

The warning comes after various areas of Guwahati became flooded as a result of continuous heavy rain that began on Monday night.

Meanwhile, Special DGP taking the Twitter wrote, “HEAVY RAINFALL WARNING FOR GUWAHATI for June 14th, 15th & 16th 2022. Please restrict road journey to essential only during these three days.”

Following the devastation caused by torrential rains in the city, at least four people were buried alive in a major landslide in Guwahati's Nizarapar district near Boragaon on Tuesday.

Since the morning of June 14, the State Disaster Response Force (SDRF), Fire and Emergency Services (F&ES), and police have been conducting nonstop rescue efforts at the scene of the disaster.

In addition to Boragaon, landslides have occurred in Guwahati's Bamunimaidam, Basistha, and Nabagraha neighbourhoods. So far, no casualties or injuries have been reported from these places.

Since the evening of June 13, torrential rainfall in Guwahati, along with violent thunderstorms, has created landslides and generated floods in various parts of the city.

Meanwhile, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) issued a red signal for Assam and Meghalaya on Monday, predicting that heavy rain will continue to fall in the northeastern area till June 17.

Several locations in Assam and Meghalaya, for example, are already witnessing continuous rains of 100 mm, 250 mm, or even 300 mm.

The IMD has issued an orange notice for Arunachal Pradesh until June 17, in addition to the red alert for Assam and Meghalaya for Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday.

"Due to strong lower-level southerly/southwesterly winds from the Bay of Bengal to Northeast India during June 13 to 17, moisture incursion is highly likely to continue," IMD senior scientist Sanjay O'Neill Shaw said.

People were significantly impacted as a result of it; some businesses were forced to close, people were trapped in traffic for lengthy periods of time in some locations, and other people's livelihoods were compromised.