Assam Flood Situation Begins To Improve, 'Water Receding From Almost All Areas'

IMD Regional Meteorological Centre (RMC) in Guwahati has not issued any warning, aside from forecasting some rain in Barak Valley and a few other districts. 

The flood situation in Assam, which had been facing a massive deluge for weeks affecting around 6 lakh people across 17 districts, has begun improving.  

The India Meteorological Department (IMD) Regional Meteorological Centre (RMC) in Guwahati has not issued any warning, aside from forecasting some rain in Barak Valley and a few other districts. 

"Flood water is receding from almost all inundated areas of the state. As the rain has stopped, the condition is likely to improve further," a senior official of ASDMA was quoted as saying by PTI.

Floods, along with landslides and storms and lightning, have killed 109 people in Assam this year.

In a report, the Assam State Disaster Management Authority (ASDMA) said on Sunday that two people had died in Karimganj district. It said around 5,97,600 people were affected by the flood altogether in Cachar, Chirang, Darrang, Dhemaji, Dhubri, Dibrugarh, Goalpara, Golaghat, Jorhat, Kamrup, Kamrup Metropolitan, Karimganj, Majuli, Morigaon, Nagaon, Nalbari and Sivasagar districts.

The worst-hit district was Cachar, with nearly 1.16 lakh people affected, followed by Dhubri (81,500 people affected) and Nagaon (over 76,000), the report added. 

Relief Work

There are 172 relief camps and relief distribution centres across 13 districts, where 58,816 displaced people are present. 

The authorities have distributed 594.48 quintals of rice, 110.95 quintals of dal, 28.82 quintals of salt and 2,580.04 litres of mustard oil among the flood victims during the last 24 hours, PTI reported. 

Damage Caused By The Floods

The ASDMA said that, currently, 1,342 villages are inundated and 25,367.61 hectares of crop areas have been damaged. Due to the widespread flooding, around 2,83,700 domestic animals and poultry were also affected across the state.

Flood waters have damaged embankments, roads, bridges and other infrastructure in Dhemaji, Golaghat, Nagaon, Tamulpur, Cachar, Chirang, Darrang, Dhubri, Goalpara and Karimganj, reported PTI.

The Brahmaputra river is flowing over the danger mark in Nimatighat, Tezpur and Dhubri. Its tributaries Burhidihing at Chenimari and Disang at Nanglamuraghat are flowing above the danger levels.