Guwahati: At least 200 villages in Assam's worst-affected Lakhimpur, Karimganj and Cachar districts were flooded, throwing normal life out of gear as hundreds of families were forced to leave their homes.
Officials said heavy downpour submerged Lakhimpur, Naoboicha and Bihpuria revenue circles while the Kakoio dyke was washed away by swirling Brahmaputra's tributaries -- Ranganadi, Singora, Kakoi, Boginade, Gavaru, Bogolee, Subansiri and Dikmong.
More than 30,000 people were marooned in Lakhimpur, the officials said.
In the twin districts of Karimganj and Cachar in Barak Valley, normal life was disrupted as hundreds of families were forced to leave their homes with the rivers Barak, Longai and Kushiara in spate.
The flood water of the Dikmong river submerged part of national highway 52 near Harmoti, disrupting road links.
In Karimganj, a 100-metre long barbed wire fencing along neighbouring Bangladesh went under water of Kushiara.
Patharkandi and Neelambazaar areas were the worst affected.
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