Floods have wreaked havoc in many areas of Assam.

A risky boat ride amidst flood waters and a few miles walk from paddy fields to the edge of Hatigarh in Nagaon district of Assam.

Which is the most affected in the state.

The water released from the Barapani dam in Meghalaya and the rise of the Kopili river has completely submerged the area.

Hundreds of families have been submerged in water in the village in just two days.

41-year-old Lilabati Das is unable to stop tears after seeing her house.

His mud hut has already given way to the flood waters, currently waist-deep and rising hour by hour.

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Lilabati and her family of seven people are trapped in the floods, their ten bighas of agriculture has also been destroyed.

The produce from these lands would have given them food for a year and the family would have earned at least one lakh rupees, but now there is nothing left.

Lilabati told NDTV, “We had taken a loan of ₹ 50 thousand for paddy cultivation in our ten bighas of land. How will we repay now? We are having food only once in a day and we have nowhere else to go. There are no resources. We are waiting for government help."

His 80-year-old father-in-law Mangal Das said that I have seen many floods, but this time it is quite frightening. 

Amidst the rising flood waters in Assam, the challenge is for the government to speed up its rescue and relief operations, but for hundreds of families like Lilabati, every flood is a challenge to survival.

This time many people have been left without crops, without food grains, money and even a country boat to move to safer places, waiting only for government help.

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Although Nagaon and the adjoining Hojai district have been the focus of rescue operations involving the Army, NDRF and state forces, this is not enough.

In many areas, local people are trying to rescue the trapped people without any outside help.

Local Ranjit Sarkar said, "In a vast area in the mandal, people are stranded in completely submerged villages. They are left with no resources. Many people do not have boats as this is the first time in many years that a There has been a severe flood."

Local people are trying to save people even at night.

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Harmohan Roy, who is leading the rescue operation of the people, said, "Many panchayats have been cut off from all sides due to the rising flood waters, due to which there is a shortage of essentials. The government is trying, but it is not enough. "

In Dima Hasao, there is a slight respite from the internet coming back.

The Air Force is bringing essentials and airlifting the stranded villagers.

The main link road is now partially open to traffic, but it is still a long journey in normal condition.