GUWAHATI: Rainwater entered several parts of Guwahati, including Khanapara, Panjabari and Six Mile, on Monday, August 3, after heavy rainfall in neighbouring Meghalaya, even as these areas of the city reportedly received little or no rainfall.
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According to visuals, areas including Dwarandha Jama Masjid, Purabi Dairy, Kalakshetra and Khanapara Ganesh Mandir were inundated on Monday afternoon. The water level, however, started receding later.
“I came from the Six Mile side a little while ago and saw knee-deep water near the Purabi Dairy area and Six Mile. This place has not received rain today,” a Panjabari resident said.
Speaking to GPlus, an official from Jorabat Police Outpost confirmed that there was minimal rainfall on the Assam side.
“The Jorabat stretch witnessed substantial waterlogging today,” the official said.
The incident comes amid concerns over recurring flooding in the Jorabat area. Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma had recently said that indiscriminate hill cutting and unregulated construction along the Assam-Meghalaya border, particularly in the Jorabat belt, were worsening Guwahati’s flood situation.
Sarma had said extensive hill cutting and environmental damage were taking place within a 10-kilometre radius of Jorabat on the Meghalaya side.
The Jorabat stretch of National Highway 27 in Guwahati remained inaccessible to commuters for nearly 48 to 60 hours over the past two-to-three weeks. Over these period, traffic had to be officially diverted at Jorabat on at least three occasions due to severe waterlogging and silt accumulation, leaving commuters and vehicles stranded for hours. Light motor vehicles (LMVs) travelling towards Guwahati were diverted at Digaru, while those heading out of the city were diverted at Koinadhara Point.