Assam’s flood situation continues to improve; 2.72 lakh people still affected

Although the flood situation in Assam has significantly improved, almost 2.72 lakh people in 15 districts remain affected.
The Assam State Disaster Management Authority (ASDMA) reports that 874 villages in the districts of Bajali, Baksa, Barpeta, Darrang, Dhubri, Dibrugarh, Goalpara, Golaghat, Jorhat, Kamrup, Lakhimpur, Nagaon, Nalbari, and Tamulpur are currently flooded. In the Barpeta district alone, 1.70 lakh people have been affected, while 60707 people have been affected in Bajali, 22060 in Lakhimpur, and 10351 in Nalbari. In the flood-affected districts, flood waters have inundated 5936.63 hectares of crops.
The administration has established 61 relief camps and 104 relief distribution facilities, with 43064 people still seeking refuge in the camps.
Flood waters carried away 222 animals in the Nalbari district, destroyed 1290 houses in the Nalbari and Tamulpur districts, breached 3 embankments, damaged 7 embankments, 50 roads, 3 bridges, multiple Anganwadi centres, agri bundh, culverts, and irrigation canals in the last 24 hours. The overall flood situation in the state is improving, but the situation in Barpeta district is still grim, as nearly 1.70 lakh people in 167 villages in the lower Assam district have been affected.
In the Barpeta district, 1.20 lakh people have been affected in the Sarthebari revenue circle, 44394 in the Barpeta revenue circle, 3255 in the Chenga revenue circle, and 1743 in the Baghbar revenue circle.
382.75 hectares of cropland in the Barpeta district are still under water.
The district administration has set up 59 relief camps and 53 relief distribution centres.
Nearly 1.05 lakh domestic animals in the district have also been affected.
The district administration has distributed 1477.77 quintals of rice, 248.27 quintals of dal, 74.09 quintals of salt, and 7478.88 litres of mustard oil among the flood-affected people. It has also distributed 1646.20 quintals of cattle feed. Rescue efforts have been carried out by NDRF, SDRF, and Fire and Emergency Services personnel.