Assam flood: 84 deaths, over 25 lakh affected in 24 districts

The ravaging annual floods have claimed a total of 84 lives so far in Assam. A total of 24 districts are reeling under floodwaters, according to the Assam State Disaster Management Authority.

A total of 25,29,312 people and 1,12,138 hectares of cropland across 2,400 villages have been affected by the flood so far. 10,12,235 big animals, 6,35,068 small animals and 9,37,991 poultry are also affected.

Several rivers including the mighty Brahmaputra in different parts of Assam are flowing above danger level, causing floods and consequently leaving thousands of families homeless.

The Brahmaputra is flowing above the danger level at Neematighat in Jorhat and Dhubri. Jia Dharali at NT Road Crossing and Kopili at Nagaon and Dhansiri at Numaligarh.

Also read: Assam: 85% of Kaziranga submerged under floods, 108 animals dead

As per the latest data, the flood-affected districts are Dhemaji, Lakhimpur, Biswanath, Sonitpur, Darrang, Baksa, Nalbari, Barpeta, Chirang, Bongaigaon, Kokrajhar, Dhubri, South Salmara, Goalpara, Kamrup, Kamrup (M), Morigaon, Nagaon, Golaghat, Jorhat, Majuli, Sivasagar, Dibrugarh, Tinsukia, Karbi-Anglong and Cachar. A total of 521 relief camps have been installed. In the relief camps, there are so far 50,559 people.

Meanwhile, the Kaziranga National park is badly affected with 85% area submerged and according to Forest department report, a total of 108 animals have died in this flood season and 125 animals have been rescued. 60 animals have died from drowning and 15 have died after being hit by vehicles. So far, 134 animals have been rescued.

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