Assam flood situation worsens, nearly 50,000 people hit

Guwahati, Jul 1 (PTI) The flood situation in Assam deteriorated on Wednesday with over 48,000 people reeling under the deluge across four districts, an official bulletin said.

According to the daily flood report of the Assam State Disaster Management Authority (ASDMA), nearly 48,500 people have been impacted due to the floods in Biswanath, Dhemaji, Dibrugarh and Nalbari districts.

Dhemaji is the worst hit with over 44,000 people affected, followed by Dibrugarh (around 4,000 people) and Biswanath (nearly 500 people), it said.

Till Tuesday, almost 47,000 people were reeling under flood waters in the four Assam districts.

One person has died so far in this year’s flood.

The ASDMA said the administration has been operating 13 relief camps and relief distribution

centres in two districts, taking care of 153 displaced people at present.

NDRF and SDRF personnel have rescued 713 people in various parts of Dhemaji, it said.

The authorities have distributed rice, pulses, salt and mustard oil among the flood victims during the last 24 hours, the bulletin said.

At present, 179 villages are under water and 2,117.34 hectares of crop area have been damaged across Assam, the ASDMA said.

Embankments, roads, bridges and other infrastructure have also been damaged by flood waters in different districts of the state, it said.

The Brahmaputra river is flowing above the danger mark at Neamatighat.

On account of widespread flooding, over 82,883 domestic animals and poultry were affected in the state, the bulletin added. PTI TR RBT