Guwahati, Aug. 27 -- The gateway to the Northeast, finds itself submerged once again under a deluge of rain and hill runoff from Meghalaya, with flood-like scenes gripping large swathes of the city just hours before Union Home Minister Amit Shah's scheduled arrival on Thursday.

The grim weather forecast of continued heavy downpours threatens to turn Shah's three high-profile programmes into a logistical nightmare, exposing both the fragility of Guwahati and the challenges of balancing VIP security with urgent civic relief.

On Wednesday evening, Assam Urban Affairs Minister Jayanta Mallabaruah took to social media platform X to reassure citizens.

He wrote that due to heavy rains in Guwahati and adjoining areas, coupled with waters flowi...