Heavy rains affected normal life in northeastern states

Close to 90,000 hectares of farm land have been inundated

Almost 90 per cent of the Kaziranga National Park has been submerged

Over 4.6 million have been affected in Assam, which is facing a serious flood situation as water levels of rivers continue to rise

15 National Disaster Response Force teams consisting of 380 personnel have been deployed to rescue people from flood-affected areas

15 people have been killed in floods and landslides

Thousands of people had to be evacuated from their homes and moved to safer areas

Over a million animals have also been affected

Congress MPs demanded Assam floods to be declared a national problem during the Budget Session at Parliament House

Heavy rains affected normal life in various northeastern states, cut road and rail links and forced evacuation of thousands of people from their inundated houses to safer areas, particularly in Assam

A family marooned on the top of a hut in the flood-hit locality of Panikhaiti in Kamrup district of Assam

<div class="photo-post-content" id="photo-post-content">
	<div class="pT10">
		<h2 class="title-lower photo-post-title">
			Heavy rains affected normal life in northeastern states</h2>
	</div>
	<div class="story-img">
		<img alt="Heavy rains affected normal life in northeastern states" class="photo-post-story" src="https://bsmedia.business-standard.com/_media/bs/img/article/2019-07/16/full/1563265506-8793.jpg" title="Heavy rains affected normal life in northeastern states" />
		<div class="count">
			1<span class="fS14"> / 9</span></div>
		<div class="social">
			<div class="mB10">
				<a onclick="javascript:popupOpen('http://www.facebook.com/share.php?u=');" style="cursor: pointer;" target="_blank" title="Share on Facebook"> <img src="https://bsmedia.business-standard.com/include/_mod/site/html5/images/fb.jpg" /> </a></div>
			<div class="mB10">
				<a onclick="javascript:popupOpen('https://plusone.google.com/_/+1/confirm?hl=en&url=');" style="cursor: pointer;" target="_blank" title="Share on Google+"> <img src="https://bsmedia.business-standard.com/include/_mod/site/html5/images/google.jpg" /> </a></div>
			<div class="mB10">
				<a onclick="javascript:popupOpen('http://www.linkedin.com/shareArticle?mini=true&url=');" style="cursor: pointer;" target="_blank" title="Share on Linkedin"> <img src="https://bsmedia.business-standard.com/include/_mod/site/html5/images/in.jpg" /> </a></div>
			<div class="mB10">
				<a onclick="javascript:popupOpen('https://twitter.com/share?url=');" style="cursor: pointer;" target="_blank" title="Tweet"> <img src="https://bsmedia.business-standard.com/include/_mod/site/html5/images/twitter.jpg" /> </a></div>
		</div>
		<div class="pti">
			A man washes his clothes next to an uprooted tree, in a flood-affected area of Guwahati, Assam.</div>
	</div>
	<div class="bB1">
		<div class="p-content">
			<p>
				&nbsp;</p>
		</div>
	</div>
	<div class="pT10">
		<h2 class="title-lower photo-post-title">
			Close to 90,000 hectares of farm land have been inundated</h2>
	</div>
	<div class="story-img">
		<img alt="Close to 90,000 hectares of farm land have been inundated" class="photo-post-story" src="https://bsmedia.business-standard.com/_media/bs/img/article/2019-07/16/full/1563265624-5542.jpg" title="Close to 90,000 hectares of farm land have been inundated" />
		<div class="count">
			2<span class="fS14"> / 9</span></div>
		<div class="social">
			<div class="mB10">
				<a onclick="javascript:popupOpen('http://www.facebook.com/share.php?u=');" style="cursor: pointer;" target="_blank" title="Share on Facebook"> <img src="https://bsmedia.business-standard.com/include/_mod/site/html5/images/fb.jpg" /> </a></div>
			<div class="mB10">
				<a onclick="javascript:popupOpen('https://plusone.google.com/_/+1/confirm?hl=en&url=');" style="cursor: pointer;" target="_blank" title="Share on Google+"> <img src="https://bsmedia.business-standard.com/include/_mod/site/html5/images/google.jpg" /> </a></div>
			<div class="mB10">
				<a onclick="javascript:popupOpen('http://www.linkedin.com/shareArticle?mini=true&url=');" style="cursor: pointer;" target="_blank" title="Share on Linkedin"> <img src="https://bsmedia.business-standard.com/include/_mod/site/html5/images/in.jpg" /> </a></div>
			<div class="mB10">
				<a onclick="javascript:popupOpen('https://twitter.com/share?url=');" style="cursor: pointer;" target="_blank" title="Tweet"> <img src="https://bsmedia.business-standard.com/include/_mod/site/html5/images/twitter.jpg" /> </a></div>
		</div>
		<div class="pti">
			A woman collects potable water from a well in the flood affected area of Rajabari village, in Assam&#39;s Kamrup district</div>
	</div>
	<div class="bB1">
		<div class="p-content">
			<p>
				&nbsp;</p>
		</div>
	</div>
	<div class="pT10">
		<h2 class="title-lower photo-post-title">
			Almost 90 per cent of the Kaziranga National Park has been submerged</h2>
	</div>
	<div class="story-img">
		<img alt="Almost 90 per cent of the Kaziranga National Park has been submerged" class="photo-post-story" src="https://bsmedia.business-standard.com/_media/bs/img/article/2019-07/16/full/1563265452-1183.jpg" title="Almost 90 per cent of the Kaziranga National Park has been submerged" />
		<div class="count">
			3<span class="fS14"> / 9</span></div>
		<div class="social">
			<div class="mB10">
				<a onclick="javascript:popupOpen('http://www.facebook.com/share.php?u=');" style="cursor: pointer;" target="_blank" title="Share on Facebook"> <img src="https://bsmedia.business-standard.com/include/_mod/site/html5/images/fb.jpg" /> </a></div>
			<div class="mB10">
				<a onclick="javascript:popupOpen('https://plusone.google.com/_/+1/confirm?hl=en&url=');" style="cursor: pointer;" target="_blank" title="Share on Google+"> <img src="https://bsmedia.business-standard.com/include/_mod/site/html5/images/google.jpg" /> </a></div>
			<div class="mB10">
				<a onclick="javascript:popupOpen('http://www.linkedin.com/shareArticle?mini=true&url=');" style="cursor: pointer;" target="_blank" title="Share on Linkedin"> <img src="https://bsmedia.business-standard.com/include/_mod/site/html5/images/in.jpg" /> </a></div>
			<div class="mB10">
				<a onclick="javascript:popupOpen('https://twitter.com/share?url=');" style="cursor: pointer;" target="_blank" title="Tweet"> <img src="https://bsmedia.business-standard.com/include/_mod/site/html5/images/twitter.jpg" /> </a></div>
		</div>
		<div class="pti">
			A deer takes shelter on higher ground at the flooded Kaziranga National Park, Assam</div>
	</div>
	<div class="bB1">
		<div class="p-content">
			<p>
				&nbsp;</p>
		</div>
	</div>
	<div class="pT10">
		<h2 class="title-lower photo-post-title">
			Over 4.6 million have been affected in Assam, which is facing a serious flood situation as water levels of rivers continue to rise</h2>
	</div>
	<div class="story-img">
		<img alt="Over 4.6 million have been affected in Assam, which is facing a serious flood situation as water levels of rivers continue to rise" class="photo-post-story" src="https://bsmedia.business-standard.com/_media/bs/img/article/2019-07/16/full/1563265842-6936.jpg" title="Over 4.6 million have been affected in Assam, which is facing a serious flood situation as water levels of rivers continue to rise" />
		<div class="count">
			4<span class="fS14"> / 9</span></div>
		<div class="social">
			<div class="mB10">
				<a onclick="javascript:popupOpen('http://www.facebook.com/share.php?u=');" style="cursor: pointer;" target="_blank" title="Share on Facebook"> <img src="https://bsmedia.business-standard.com/include/_mod/site/html5/images/fb.jpg" /> </a></div>
			<div class="mB10">
				<a onclick="javascript:popupOpen('https://plusone.google.com/_/+1/confirm?hl=en&url=');" style="cursor: pointer;" target="_blank" title="Share on Google+"> <img src="https://bsmedia.business-standard.com/include/_mod/site/html5/images/google.jpg" /> </a></div>
			<div class="mB10">
				<a onclick="javascript:popupOpen('http://www.linkedin.com/shareArticle?mini=true&url=');" style="cursor: pointer;" target="_blank" title="Share on Linkedin"> <img src="https://bsmedia.business-standard.com/include/_mod/site/html5/images/in.jpg" /> </a></div>
			<div class="mB10">
				<a onclick="javascript:popupOpen('https://twitter.com/share?url=');" style="cursor: pointer;" target="_blank" title="Tweet"> <img src="https://bsmedia.business-standard.com/include/_mod/site/html5/images/twitter.jpg" /> </a></div>
		</div>
		<div class="pti">
			A family marooned on the top of a hut in the flood-hit locality of Panikhaiti in Kamrup district of Assam</div>
	</div>
	<div class="bB1">
		<div class="p-content">
			<p>
				&nbsp;</p>
		</div>
	</div>
	<div class="pT10">
		<h2 class="title-lower photo-post-title">
			15 National Disaster Response Force teams consisting of 380 personnel have been deployed to rescue people from flood-affected areas</h2>
	</div>
	<div class="story-img">
		<img alt="15 National Disaster Response Force teams consisting of 380 personnel have been deployed to rescue people from flood-affected areas" class="photo-post-story" src="https://bsmedia.business-standard.com/_media/bs/img/article/2019-07/16/full/1563265910-1793.jpg" title="15 National Disaster Response Force teams consisting of 380 personnel have been deployed to rescue people from flood-affected areas" />
		<div class="count">
			5<span class="fS14"> / 9</span></div>
		<div class="social">
			<div class="mB10">
				<a onclick="javascript:popupOpen('http://www.facebook.com/share.php?u=');" style="cursor: pointer;" target="_blank" title="Share on Facebook"> <img src="https://bsmedia.business-standard.com/include/_mod/site/html5/images/fb.jpg" /> </a></div>
			<div class="mB10">
				<a onclick="javascript:popupOpen('https://plusone.google.com/_/+1/confirm?hl=en&url=');" style="cursor: pointer;" target="_blank" title="Share on Google+"> <img src="https://bsmedia.business-standard.com/include/_mod/site/html5/images/google.jpg" /> </a></div>
			<div class="mB10">
				<a onclick="javascript:popupOpen('http://www.linkedin.com/shareArticle?mini=true&url=');" style="cursor: pointer;" target="_blank" title="Share on Linkedin"> <img src="https://bsmedia.business-standard.com/include/_mod/site/html5/images/in.jpg" /> </a></div>
			<div class="mB10">
				<a onclick="javascript:popupOpen('https://twitter.com/share?url=');" style="cursor: pointer;" target="_blank" title="Tweet"> <img src="https://bsmedia.business-standard.com/include/_mod/site/html5/images/twitter.jpg" /> </a></div>
		</div>
		<div class="pti">
			Children use a makeshift raft made with drums to move across a flood affected area in Kamrup</div>
	</div>
	<div class="bB1">
		<div class="p-content">
			<p>
				&nbsp;</p>
		</div>
	</div>
	<div class="pT10">
		<h2 class="title-lower photo-post-title">
			15 people have been killed in floods and landslides</h2>
	</div>
	<div class="story-img">
		<img alt="15 people have been killed in floods and landslides" class="photo-post-story" src="https://bsmedia.business-standard.com/_media/bs/img/article/2019-07/16/full/1563265689-8816.jpg" title="15 people have been killed in floods and landslides" />
		<div class="count">
			6<span class="fS14"> / 9</span></div>
		<div class="social">
			<div class="mB10">
				<a onclick="javascript:popupOpen('http://www.facebook.com/share.php?u=');" style="cursor: pointer;" target="_blank" title="Share on Facebook"> <img src="https://bsmedia.business-standard.com/include/_mod/site/html5/images/fb.jpg" /> </a></div>
			<div class="mB10">
				<a onclick="javascript:popupOpen('https://plusone.google.com/_/+1/confirm?hl=en&url=');" style="cursor: pointer;" target="_blank" title="Share on Google+"> <img src="https://bsmedia.business-standard.com/include/_mod/site/html5/images/google.jpg" /> </a></div>
			<div class="mB10">
				<a onclick="javascript:popupOpen('http://www.linkedin.com/shareArticle?mini=true&url=');" style="cursor: pointer;" target="_blank" title="Share on Linkedin"> <img src="https://bsmedia.business-standard.com/include/_mod/site/html5/images/in.jpg" /> </a></div>
			<div class="mB10">
				<a onclick="javascript:popupOpen('https://twitter.com/share?url=');" style="cursor: pointer;" target="_blank" title="Tweet"> <img src="https://bsmedia.business-standard.com/include/_mod/site/html5/images/twitter.jpg" /> </a></div>
		</div>
		<div class="pti">
			A flooded school following incessant rains, in Nagaon district of Assam</div>
	</div>
	<div class="bB1">
		<div class="p-content">
			<p>
				&nbsp;</p>
		</div>
	</div>
	<div class="pT10">
		<h2 class="title-lower photo-post-title">
			Thousands of people had to be evacuated from their homes and moved to safer areas</h2>
	</div>
	<div class="story-img">
		<img alt="Thousands of people had to be evacuated from their homes and moved to safer areas" class="photo-post-story" src="https://bsmedia.business-standard.com/_media/bs/img/article/2019-07/16/full/1563265763-7809.jpg" title="Thousands of people had to be evacuated from their homes and moved to safer areas" />
		<div class="count">
			7<span class="fS14"> / 9</span></div>
		<div class="social">
			<div class="mB10">
				<a onclick="javascript:popupOpen('http://www.facebook.com/share.php?u=');" style="cursor: pointer;" target="_blank" title="Share on Facebook"> <img src="https://bsmedia.business-standard.com/include/_mod/site/html5/images/fb.jpg" /> </a></div>
			<div class="mB10">
				<a onclick="javascript:popupOpen('https://plusone.google.com/_/+1/confirm?hl=en&url=');" style="cursor: pointer;" target="_blank" title="Share on Google+"> <img src="https://bsmedia.business-standard.com/include/_mod/site/html5/images/google.jpg" /> </a></div>
			<div class="mB10">
				<a onclick="javascript:popupOpen('http://www.linkedin.com/shareArticle?mini=true&url=');" style="cursor: pointer;" target="_blank" title="Share on Linkedin"> <img src="https://bsmedia.business-standard.com/include/_mod/site/html5/images/in.jpg" /> </a></div>
			<div class="mB10">
				<a onclick="javascript:popupOpen('https://twitter.com/share?url=');" style="cursor: pointer;" target="_blank" title="Tweet"> <img src="https://bsmedia.business-standard.com/include/_mod/site/html5/images/twitter.jpg" /> </a></div>
		</div>
		<div class="pti">
			People wade through the flooded national highway at Bagori Range in Kaziranga National Park. The highway was closed after heavy rains</div>
	</div>
	<div class="bB1">
		<div class="p-content">
			<p>
				&nbsp;</p>
		</div>
	</div>
	<div class="pT10">
		<h2 class="title-lower photo-post-title">
			Over a million animals have also been affected</h2>
	</div>
	<div class="story-img">
		<img alt="Over a million animals have also been affected" class="photo-post-story" src="https://bsmedia.business-standard.com/_media/bs/img/article/2019-07/16/full/1563265558-6269.jpg" title="Over a million animals have also been affected" />
		<div class="count">
			8<span class="fS14"> / 9</span></div>
		<div class="social">
			<div class="mB10">
				<a onclick="javascript:popupOpen('http://www.facebook.com/share.php?u=');" style="cursor: pointer;" target="_blank" title="Share on Facebook"> <img src="https://bsmedia.business-standard.com/include/_mod/site/html5/images/fb.jpg" /> </a></div>
			<div class="mB10">
				<a onclick="javascript:popupOpen('https://plusone.google.com/_/+1/confirm?hl=en&url=');" style="cursor: pointer;" target="_blank" title="Share on Google+"> <img src="https://bsmedia.business-standard.com/include/_mod/site/html5/images/google.jpg" /> </a></div>
			<div class="mB10">
				<a onclick="javascript:popupOpen('http://www.linkedin.com/shareArticle?mini=true&url=');" style="cursor: pointer;" target="_blank" title="Share on Linkedin"> <img src="https://bsmedia.business-standard.com/include/_mod/site/html5/images/in.jpg" /> </a></div>
			<div class="mB10">
				<a onclick="javascript:popupOpen('https://twitter.com/share?url=');" style="cursor: pointer;" target="_blank" title="Tweet"> <img src="https://bsmedia.business-standard.com/include/_mod/site/html5/images/twitter.jpg" /> </a></div>
		</div>
		<div class="pti">
			Villagers along with their cows move to safer places from a flooded area, at Kamrup district, Assam</div>
	</div>
	<div class="bB1">
		<div class="p-content">
			<p>
				&nbsp;</p>
		</div>
	</div>
	<div class="pT10">
		<h2 class="title-lower photo-post-title">
			Congress MPs demanded Assam floods to be declared a national problem during the Budget Session at Parliament House</h2>
	</div>
	<div class="story-img">
		<img alt="Congress MPs demanded Assam floods to be declared a national problem during the Budget Session at Parliament House" class="photo-post-story" src="https://bsmedia.business-standard.com/_media/bs/img/article/2019-07/16/full/1563283252-9232.jpg" title="Congress MPs demanded Assam floods to be declared a national problem during the Budget Session at Parliament House" />
		<div class="count">
			9<span class="fS14"> / 9</span></div>
		<div class="social">
			<div class="mB10">
				<a onclick="javascript:popupOpen('http://www.facebook.com/share.php?u=');" style="cursor: pointer;" target="_blank" title="Share on Facebook"> <img src="https://bsmedia.business-standard.com/include/_mod/site/html5/images/fb.jpg" /> </a></div>
			<div class="mB10">
				<a onclick="javascript:popupOpen('https://plusone.google.com/_/+1/confirm?hl=en&url=');" style="cursor: pointer;" target="_blank" title="Share on Google+"> <img src="https://bsmedia.business-standard.com/include/_mod/site/html5/images/google.jpg" /> </a></div>
			<div class="mB10">
				<a onclick="javascript:popupOpen('http://www.linkedin.com/shareArticle?mini=true&url=');" style="cursor: pointer;" target="_blank" title="Share on Linkedin"> <img src="https://bsmedia.business-standard.com/include/_mod/site/html5/images/in.jpg" /> </a></div>
			<div class="mB10">
				<a onclick="javascript:popupOpen('https://twitter.com/share?url=');" style="cursor: pointer;" target="_blank" title="Tweet"> <img src="https://bsmedia.business-standard.com/include/_mod/site/html5/images/twitter.jpg" /> </a></div>
		</div>
		<div class="pti">
			Assam Congress MPs protest in front of Gandhi statue in Parliament over flood situation in the state</div>
	</div>
	<div class="bB1">
		<div class="p-content">
			<p>
				<br />
				&nbsp;</p>
		</div>
	</div>
</div>
<br />

Assam floods in pictures: 15 killed, 4.6 million affected by heavy rains

Business Standard

The deal shows how finance founders in India are getting rich as the sector's rapid growth attracts a wave of mergers and stock listings

Globally, we are in talks with a couple of operators, but those negotiations are at fairly initial stages of understanding the technology, said Arnab Roy

Samsung 2nm Exynos 2600. Realme 16 Pro series launch on Jan 6. Google Pixel Upgrade Program. App directory within ChatGPT. Google Gemini upgrade. Pin chats in ChatGPT.

The Supreme Court has also constituted an Artificial Intelligence Committee to explore the use of AI in the judicial domain

Eight elephants were killed and one injured after a herd was hit by the Sairang-New Delhi Rajdhani Express in Assam's Hojai district in the wee hours of Saturday, a forest official said.
Five coaches and the train's engine were derailed in the incident, though no injuries to passengers were reported, a Northeast Frontier Railway (NFR) spokesperson said.
The spokesperson said the New Delhi-bound train met with the accident around 2.17 am.
Nagaon divisional forest officer Suhash Kadam told PTI that the incident occurred at Changjurai area of Hojai district.
Kadam and other forest officials have reached the site.
Trains scheduled to pass through the affected JamunamukhKampur section have been diverted through the UP line, and restoration work is underway, he added.
The Sairang-New Delhi Rajdhani Express connects Mizoram's Sairang (near Aizawl) to Anand Vihar Terminal (Delhi).

Trains scheduled to pass through the affected JamunamukhKampur section have been diverted through the UP line, and restoration work is underway

Press Trust of India

Dense fog and severe pollution continue to affect Delhi over the weekend, with 14 stations in the 'severe' category despite strict anti-pollution measures

The Union Budget has been presented on February 1 since 2017, and 2026 will be the first occasion since then that it falls on a Sunday

ICEGATE enables e-filing and customs payments by traders; RMS automates risk-based scrutiny; and ICES handles backend assessment and clearance workflows at Customs locations

Russia-Ukraine War

The year 2022 is coming to an end and a lot has happened that shaped the world in the year. Let's have a look at some of these significant events

Google Messages

In January, Google rolled out end-to-end encryption in group chats for messages app users enrolled in the beta programme

Blend launches Blend Studio: AI tool for ecommerce photography

New Delhi [India], March 16 (ANI/PNN): Blend, an AI-powered design and photography application for DTC brands and ecommerce sellers, recently launched Blend Studio - the Chat GPT for product photos.

Celebrity and Travel Photographer Rahul Lokare from Flamingo Productions creates waves of change in the world of photography.

Xiaomi 13 Pro

Priced at Rs 79,999 for the 12GB RAM and 256GB on-board storage, the Xiaomi 13 Pro offers a novel imaging experience on top of a premium package

Assam floods in pictures: 15 killed, 4.6 million affected by heavy rains

Heavy rains affected normal life in various northeastern states, cut road and rail links and forced evacuation of thousands of people from their inundated houses to safer areas, particularly in Assam

More From This Section

Climate change could cause 29% spike in cereal prices: leaked UN report

A greener land? Carbon pricing gaining favour in India, firms taking action

Lush tea gardens to abundant wildlife, Nilgiris still exerts a gentle charm

50-wagon train carrying 2.5 mn litres of water reaches Chennai

More Gallery