December 19, 2024

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Flood state of affairs in Assam improves as water degree of most rivers recede 

By PTI

GUWAHATI: The flood state of affairs in Assam improved significantly on Friday with waters receding in most rivers whilst over 5 lakh folks continued to undergo within the deluge in ten districts of the state, an official bulletin stated.

The toll on account of flood and landslides remained at 30 with no studies of any loss of life within the final 24 hours, as per the bulletin issued by the Assam State Disaster Management Authority (ASDMA).

Kopili in Morigaon district was the one river flowing above the hazard mark, it stated.

At least 5,00,852 individuals are struggling because of the floods in Cachar, Dima Hasao, Goalpara, Golaghat, Hailakandi, Hojai, Kamrup, Kamrup (Metro), Morigaon and Nagaon districts.

Nagaon is the worst affected with over 3.11 lakh folks affected, adopted by Cachar with practically 1.47 lakh individuals and Morigaon with greater than 41,036 folks struggling.

More than 62,289 folks have taken shelter in 201 reduction camps, with the very best of 47,749 folks displaced in Cachar, the ASDMA stated.

An Inter-Ministerial Central Team (IMCT) visited the flood-affected areas of Cachar and Darrang districts through the day to evaluate the injury.

At current, 799 villages are nonetheless beneath water and 35,384.12 hectares of crop areas have been broken.

Massive erosions have been reported from Dhubri, Dibrugarh, Golaghat, Nalbari, Sivasagar, South Salmara, Tinsukia and Udalguri districts.

Embankments, roads, bridges and different infrastructure have been broken by floodwaters in Cachar, Udalguri, Dhubri, Karimganj, Nagaon, Nalbari, Dima Hasao, Goalpara and Hojai, the ASDMA stated.