Guwahati, Jun 17 (PTI) Jorhat has become the latest district in Assam to face the flood fury with nearly one lakh people being affected in the last two days, officials said today.
Lakhimpur in Brahmaputra valley and Cachar and Karimganj in Barak valley have been already hit by floods.
In Jorhat district, Bhogdoi River breached the dyke at Maloupathar area submerging over 35 villages with 1000 families and inundating more than 1000 hectares of farm land with standing crops and vegetables, the officials said.
Several schools, five colleges, 20 temples of historical importance were also inundated forcing closure of educational institutions for the next three days.
The affected people were taking shelter on the Bar Ali `bundh' (dyke)-cum-road, they said.
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