The 2022 Silchar Floods were floods that occurred in the state of Assam, India beginning 19 June 2022, due to a breach of dyke of the Barak River at Bethkundi. The flooding affected 5.4 million people across 32 districts and caused the deaths of over 200[1] people across the effected districts.[2][3] Silchar town, located just 1 km from the dyke was the worst affected, with 90 percent of the town underwater.[4] While there are several reasons that caused the floods in the region to the extent that it did,[5] there is a definite man-made aspect to the degree of damage that it caused. The Chief Minister of Assam, Himanta Biswa Sharma also noted this in his address to the people.[6]
On 2 July, one man named Kabul Khan was arrested for breaching the embankment which caused the floods. He had also taken a video of the breach.[7] By 6 July, 3 more people were arrested for the deed.[8] The Chief Minister of Assam Himanta Biswa Sarma said that the flood was a man made calamity and those responsible would face a harsh punishment.[9] He termed the act as a sabotage.[10]
Silchar town remained submerged for 11 days, with water rising up to Template:Convert in some places.[10]
References
- ↑ Assam floods: 12 more dead, 31.5 lakh affected, Silchar still under water. Hindustan Times(2022-06-29). Retrieved 2022-08-29.
- ↑ What Is Causing Unprecedented Floods In Assam? Climate Change Or Sloppy Management?. Outlook(5 July 2022).
- ↑ Encephalitis deaths add to post-flood worries in Assam. Hindu(6 July 2022).
- ↑ Assam: Three more held for damaging Silchar dyke. Telegraph(4 July 2022).
- ↑ 7 Reasons and Measures of Flood in Silchar: Infrastructural or Geographical Issue, Time, The Readers. The Readers Time(2022-06-26). Retrieved 2022-08-29.
- ↑ 2 Held After CM Sarma Says Silchar Floods Man-Made; Cop Denies Communal Angle, Quint, The. TheQuint(2022-07-07). Retrieved 2022-08-29.
- ↑ Assam: Man arrested for breached Barak embankment that led to Silchar flooding. New Indian Express(2 July 2022).
- ↑ Assam: 3 more held in Silchar dyke sabotage case. Times of India(4 July 2022).
- ↑ Silchar Flood: 3 people arrested for breaking Barak river embankment. Guwahati Plus(6 July 2022).
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 Silchar submerged: How illegal cutting of embankment led to floods. Frontline(25 August 2022). Retrieved 18 September 2022.