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NAGAON: Hundreds of houses in the Raha area of Nagaon district got flooded on Tuesday after water was released from a dam of Karbi Langpi hydropower project in Karbi Anglong.
Priyanka Bonia, Circle Officer of Raha, said the several villages have been affected including Madhavpura, Juripar, Jorabari, Magurgaon, Amtala and Kamargaon.
Normal life has also been disrupted in Tinsukia due to heavy rainfall.
Earlier today Assam chief minister Sarbananda Sonowal inspected flood and erosion caused by Aie River at Tulsi Jhora in Chirang district.
Central Water Commission official Sharad Chandra Kalita said the water level in the Brahmaputra river, which passes through Guwahati, had started rising again from 10 pm on Monday.
The state government has said that 85 people have died due to floods in Assam and over 24 lakh people have been affected.
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