States such as sub-Himalayan Assam, Arunachal Pradeshand Meghalaya are likely to receive heavy rainfall in the next 24 hours, as predictedby Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) on Saturday.

"Heavy rainfall at isolated places over Assam, ArunachalPradesh and Meghalaya over the next 24-hours," said IMD.

The heavy downpour is also likely to lash isolatedplaces over Jammu & Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh, Punjab, Haryana, Chandigarh,Delhi, North Uttar Pradesh, Konkan, Goa, Coastal Karnataka, Tamilnadu,Puducherry, Karaikal, Lakshadweep and Arunachal Pradesh, the IMD furtherstated.

Meanwhile, a total of 8,69,024 number of people in 1,556 villages in 21 districts of Assam are currently affected by the flood. The flood-affected districts are: Dhemaji, Lakhimpur, Biswanath, Sonitpur, Darrang, Baksa, Barpeta, Nalbari, Chirang, Bongaigaon, Kokrajhar, Goalpara, Morigaon, Hojai, Nagaon, Golaghat, Majuli, Jorhat, Sibsagar, Dibrugarh and Tinsukia.