"Unprecedented flood fury paralyses life, operations in tea estates of Nazira region of Assam", 20 July 2026

An unprecedented flood fury has plagued several tea estates in Nazira Sub-Division in Sivasagar district of Assam following incessant rainfall and a cloudburst in the adjoining State of Nagaland.

The Tea Association of India (TAI), Assam Branch, has expressed deep concern over flood fury posing threat to these tea estates...

Almost all tea estates in the affected area have been submerged, with workers’ residential quarters, estate hospitals, schools, roads and other essential infrastructure remaining under floodwaters. Thousands of tea workers and their family members have been compelled to leave their homes and seek refuge in factory buildings, managers’ bungalows and other elevated structures within the estates...

Bamonpookrie Tea Estate has suffered the most severe devastation. In an extraordinary and distressing incident, a pregnant worker delivered a baby inside the factory premises...as floodwaters made it impossible to reach a medical facility in time. Another expectant mother, who was on the verge of delivery, also required urgent medical attention...

While immediate rescue operations are underway, the humanitarian crisis remains far from over...