Over 4 lakh people affected by floods in Assam

Guwahati: Over 4 lakh people have been displaced in floods triggered by heavy rainfall in Assam.

The flood situation in Assam is critical with the Brahmaputra river and its tributaries flowing above the danger mark.

Flooding in the past one week has marooned more than 500 villages in the four upper Assam districts of Lakhimpur, Dhemaji, Jorhat and Naogaon.

Central Assam's Morigaon, lower Assam's Barpeta, Guwahati (Kamrup district), Bongaigaon, Dhubri and Baksa have also been affected by floods.

Personnel of the National Disaster Rescue Force have been engaged in rescue operations.

Most of the displaced people are now lodged at makeshift shelters on raised embankments.

One person was killed on Saturday when his boat capsized near the biggest river island of Majuli in Jorhat district.