North Lakhimpur, May 16 -- This year's first wave of floods has disrupted normal life in areas of Assam's western Lakhimpur.

Rivers swollen by incessant downpours in the district and nearby Arunachal Pradesh overflowed, inundating low-lying areas of Narayanpur, Dhalpur, and Simaluguri in Assam.

Flood water of the river Sesa breached the under-construction road under the Asom-Mala scheme connecting Simaluguri and Hawajan, disrupting normal movement of people and vehicles, including schoolchildren.

Villages like Rangajan, Phutabhog, Sesa-Dofola, Sesa-Mising, Raja Bari, No. 1 Rooptoli, No. 2 Rooptoli, Ganakdalani, and Kolmowguri have been inundated by the overflowing water of the Sesa River under Dhalpur Mauza.

Locals have blamed the bre...