Assam floods :Toll
from rises to 89
Guwahti 22 June ::
The toll from the Assam floods rose to 89 as seven more deaths were reported
from five of the 32 delugehit districts on Tuesday. said the Assam State Disaster Management Authority (ASDMA) in a bulletin. Three people drowned in Kamrup and one each in Darrang, Karimganj, Tamulpur, and Udalguri. One person was reported missing from Kamrup.The floods have affected over 5.5 million including
1.25 million in Barpeta alone, followed by Dhubri (594,708), Darrang
(547,421), Nagaon (457,381), and Kamrup (400,214), making them the five worst-affected districts.
Thegovernment is operating 1,687 relief camps in 27 districts. Barpeta alone has over 88,000 people living in relief camps.
The bulletin said nearly 60,000 domestic animals
have been washed away by floods. Around 2600 houses have been fully or partially damaged. On Tuesday, 3,652 marooned people were rescued across 11 affected districts.Landslides were also reported from Hailakandi, Guwahati, and Patherkandi.Seven more persons have died due to the floods in Assam on Tuesday. With this, the current death toll in the state due to floods and landslides has spiked to 88.According to the Assam State DisasterManagement Authority (ASDMA), over 55.42 lakh people from 5,577 villages in 32 districts and 121 revenue
circles have been affected by the current wave of floods. Over 1.08 lakh hectares of cropland has been destroyed.
The Brahmaputra and Kopili Rivers are flowing above the danger level. Over 2.62 lakh victims are taking shelter in 1,687 relief camps across the state. More than 11,000 people were evacuated by agencies in the past 24 hours.
Those who have not been shifted to flood shelters were provided relief materials through 615 temporary distribution centres and points that the state government has opened.The authorities rushed the personnel of National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) to Silchar to conduct rescue operations due to the worsening situation.Meanwhile, Chief
Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said that an Inter-Ministerial Central Team (IMCT) would visit the flood-affected areas of Assam and
Meghalaya to assess the damages. After the first wave of the floods, an IMCT had visited the affected areas of Assam from May 26-29.The Assam Government on Tuesday issued new guidelines for the management of the existing as well as post-flood situation in the state.
