The flood situation in Assam has become increasingly serious, with two rivers—the Dhansiri in Golaghat district and the Dikhow in Sivasagar district—now flowing above the danger mark, according to the Central Water Commission (CWC)’s daily flood bulletin released on Friday.

These two locations are currently the only ones in India listed under the ‘severe flood’ category. This classification means that while the rivers have crossed the danger level, they’re still below their all-time highest recorded flood levels.

The CWC report noted that water levels are rising steadily in both rivers. In Numaligarh (Golaghat district), the Dhansiri river reached 78.81 metres on Friday—well above its danger level of 78.42 metres—with a consistent rise of 20 mm per hour earlier in the day. Meanwhile, in Sivasagar district, the Dikhow river was flowing at 92.57 metres, surpassing the danger level of 92.4 metres, and showing a sharper increase of 110 mm per hour.

Beyond these two rivers, Assam is also dealing with flooding at six other sites currently in the 'above normal flood' category. These include rivers like the Barak at Annapurna Ghat, the Beki at Beki Road Bridge, and the Brahmaputra at Neamatighat. Water levels at these sites are either rising or holding steady and have already crossed warning levels, inching closer to the danger mark.

Nationwide, 14 locations across India have water levels above the warning threshold. These include areas in Bihar, Madhya Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh, and West Bengal, alongside Assam. Twelve of these are categorized as ‘above normal.’

The bulletin also reported increased inflows into several major reservoirs. A total of 25 sites in 11 states are seeing water inflows above the prescribed threshold levels. This includes key reservoirs in Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Odisha, Madhya Pradesh, Jharkhand, Chhattisgarh, and Tamil Nadu.

Among the most notable was the Bargi reservoir on the Narmada River in Madhya Pradesh, which recorded a high inflow of 6,948 cubic metres per second (cumecs), while the P D Jurala dam in Telangana registered 3,400 cumecs.

Importantly, the CWC confirmed that no site in the country has reached the ‘extreme flood’ category so far.