The water level of the Brahmaputra and its tributaries maintained a rising trend on Sunday with five districts of Assam reeling under the third wave of floods.
Heavy and incessant rainfall in the catchment areas during the last few days has led the water level of the rivers to rise in Lakhimpur, Dhemaji, Golaghat, Sonitpur and Kamrup, with vast areas of human habitation and cropland inundated, official sources said here.
An estimated one lakh people have been affected in 82 villages and the administration in these districts have been directed to provide necessary relief and rehabilitation to the victims.
There has been, however, no loss of human life so far, the sources said.
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