North Lakhimpur, July 13 -- Several downstream areas of the Subansiri River in Assam's Lakhimpur district were flooded on Monday after the National Hydroelectric Power Corporation (NHPC)-operated 2,000 MW Subansiri Lower Hydroelectric Project (SLHEP) at Gerukamukh released a large volume of water from the dam.

According to the District Disaster Management Authority (DDMA), Lakhimpur, the project released 12,057.24 cumecs of water at 10 am, which was categorised as a "High Discharge". The discharge was 800.21 cumecs higher than the 11,275.03 cumecs released at 9 am.

DDMA data also showed high inflows into the Subansiri from Arunachal Pradesh, with 3,276.78 cumecs recorded at Daporijo (EWS-1) and 8,968.26 cumecs at Tamen (EWS-2) at 10 am....