The situation in Assam worsened on Thursday, with one more person killed. As many as 7.18 lakh people in 27 districts of the state have been affected by the floods. According to the daily flood report of Assam State Disaster Management Authority, one person drowned in the Kampur revenue area of Nagaon district. In addition, two others are missing in Kampur, it said. The report said that the death toll from floods and landslides in the state has risen to ten this year.
The authority said that the floods had affected more than 7,17,500 people in the state. Bajali, Baksa, Barpeta, Bishwanath, Bongaigaon, Cachar, Darang, Dhemaji, Dhubri, Dibrugarh, Dima Hasao, Goalpara, Hailakandi, Hojai, Kamrup, Kamrup Metropolitan, Karbi Anglong West, Karimganj, Kokrajhar, Lakhimpur, Nalbari, Sonitpur and Udalguri districts have been hit by floods.
The highest number of 3.31 lakh people were affected in Nagaon. It is followed by Cachar (1.6 lakh) and Hojali (97,300). As many as 6.62 lakh people were affected by the floods in 27 districts of the state till Wednesday. 1790 villages have been inundated, and 63,970.62 hectares of crops have been damaged across the state. It said authorities ran 359 relief camps and distribution centres in 14 districts. Where 80,298 people have been sheltered, this includes 12,855 children.
A bulletin said the army, paramilitary forces, NDRF, SDRF, civil administration, trained volunteers, firefighters, emergency services and locals used boats and helicopters to evacuate 7,334 people from various flood-hit areas. Authorities distributed 7,077.56 quintals of rice, pulses and salt, 6,020.90 litres of mustard oil, 2,218.28 quintals of fodder and other flood relief items.