North Lakhimpur, May 31 -- North East Electrical Power Corporation, NEEPCO's release of dam water from the Panyor Hydro Electrical Power, PHEP plant caused a flash flood in Assam's Lakhimpur district, washing away a dyke and killing two persons on Saturday morning.

The release of dam water by the NEEPCO from its PHEP at Yazali, Arunachal Pradesh, on the upstream of the Ranganadi river, since Friday evening, caused the Ranganadi river's water level to rise and overflow starting at 1 am on Saturday.

The flash flood of Ranganadi has taken two lives so far in the district.

Biren Pawe and Rajkumar Taid, both marooned in the flood, died on Saturday as they could not come out of their submerged homes in Nowboicha.

The worst flood devastation...