Assam's capital city Guwahati was threatened on Tuesday for the first time by rising water of the Brahmaputra.
Meanwhile, the worst-ever flood situation continued to grip the state with the death toll reaching 29.
The Lenga embankment of the Brahmaputra on the outskirts of the city has been washed away by the river forcing evacuation of more than 30 families, Kamrup Deputy Commissioner Samir Kumar Sinha told PTI in Guwahati.
He said the Brahmaputra river flowing by the side of the city was in high spate and continued to rise with the low-
lying areas already under water.
The water had almost touched the roads and had eroded a portion of the footpath along the Fancy Bazaar, city's business centre, official sources said.
Hajo township near the city, has been totally submerged and the district administration managed to drop food materials by IAF helicopters to the marooned people, Sinha said.
A report from Dhubri said the entire district headquarters township was under water with people using boats for movement as banks and business establishments remained closed.
Two minor boys were drowned in the river Gangadhar at Golakganj in the district last night, the report said.
Sources from Tezpur said one woman Jamuna Devi Bista drowned in Sejusa river on the Assam-Arunachal Pradesh border while another woman died today in a relief camp after delivering a child due to lack of proper treatment.
The 40-year-old woman, Meera Talukdar, died after normal delivery of a girl child in the remote Kathalkuchi relief camp in one of the worst-hit Nalbari district in upper Assam.
Fresh breaches were reported from Solangi and Satrang in Sonitpur district, sources said.
Nearly 35 lakh people of 23 districts remained affected by the flood.
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