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Carrying their shoes in the hands, locals pass through flood water on National Highway No 52 at Panitolagaon in the worst flood affected Dhemaji district of Upper Assam, 390 km away from Guwahati city capital of Assam in north eastern India on Monday, June 16, 2003. More than 150 thousand people have been affected by the first wave of flooding in the district. Road and Railway communication has been totally cut off from the rest of the country for the past five days. EPA PHOTO/EPA/STR