As Assam battles flood fury, over 500 families from two villages have taken shelter under the tarpaulin sheets along the railway tracks in the Jamunamukh district, the only high ground that did not submerge in flood waters.
People from Changjurai and Patia Pathar village have been left in the lurch after they lost almost everything they had in the floods. The villagers claim they have not received much help from the state government and administration over the last five days.
43-year-old Monwara Begum is living in a tarpaulin sheet along with her family after their home in Patia Pathar village was destroyed in floods. Four other families from have also joined them to survive the flood furry. They all are living under the same sheet in inhumane conditions, with almost no food.
"For three days we were under the open sky, we then took some money on credit and bought this tarpaulin sheet. We are five families living under the same sheet, there is no privacy," said Monwara Begum.
Beauty Bordoloi's family is also living in a tarpaulin sheet after losing their home in Changjurai village. "Our harvest-ready paddy crop was destroyed in floods. The situation remains uncertain as it is very difficult to survive like this," she told NDTV.
" The situation here is extremely challenging, there is no source of safe drinking water, we eat only once a day. We have only received some flatten rice over the last four days," said Ms Bordoloi's relative Sunanda Doloi.
"We got help from government yesterday after four days. They gave us little rice, dal and oil. But some have not received even that," Nasibur Rehman , another flood victim from Patia Pathar told NDTV.
