Lakhimpur, Aug 15 (PTI) At least eight people, including four of a
family, were washed away and Assam-Arunachal Pradesh surface links
disrupted by flash floods in Assam''s Dhemaji district today.
The
eight were washed away at Sisibargaon by swollen waters of Gainadi, a
major tributary of Brahmaputra river, following torrential rains in its
upper reaches of Arunachal Pradesh, official sources said.
The
rising water level swept away the family of four - a couple and their
two children-- who had climbed a tree to save themselves, the sources
said adding a search operation was on to trace them.
The flash
floods inundated 35 villages in Sisibargaon revenue circle where houses
were submerged under 5-feet water, the sources said.
A portion of a
railway bridge on Rangiya-Murkongselek metre-gauge track was washed away
by the surging waters leading to suspension of train services.
Gainadi has submerged NH-52 disrupting road communication to Pasighat in Arunachal Pradesh, the sources added.
