The flood condition in Assam improved on Sunday although five more persons lost their lives and over 18.35 lakh people are still reeling under the deluge across 23 districts, an official bulletin said.
According to the daily flood report of the Assam State Disaster Management Authority (ASDMA), two persons lost their lives in Nagaon and one each drowned at different places of Karimganj, Lakhimpur and Sivasagar districts during the day.
With this, the total number of persons losing their lives in this year’s flood and landslides has gone up to 179 across the state.
ASDMA said more than 18,35,500 people are hit due to floods in Bajali, Barpeta, Biswanath, Cachar, Chirang, Darrang, Dhemaji, Dibrugarh, Goalpara, Hailakandi, Hojai, Kamrup, Kamrup Metropolitan, Karimganj, Lakhimpur, Morigaon, Nagaon, Nalbari, Sivasagar, Sonitpur, Tamulpur, Tinsukia and Udalguri districts.
Cachar is the worst hit with nearly 10.2 lakh people suffering, followed by Nagaon with almost 3.76 lakh persons and Morigaon with around 1.76 lakh people.
Urban flood has hit several places in Dibrugarh districts, the bulletin said.
Till Saturday, nearly 22.18 lakh people were affected in the deluge across 24 districts in the state.
At present, 1,618 villages are under water and 47,198.87 hectares of crop areas have been damaged across Assam, ASDMA said.
It further said authorities are running 413 relief camps and distribution centres in 20 districts, where 2,78,060 people, including 65,757 children, are taking shelter.
The authorities have distributed 685.26 quintals of rice, dal and salt, 2,634.44 litres of mustard oil, 4,793.92 quintals of cattle feed and other flood relief items.
Massive erosions have been witnessed in Biswanath, Bongaigaon, Chirang, Dibrugarh, Morigaon, Sivasagar, Sonitpur, Tinsukia and Udalguri districts.
Embankments, roads, bridges and other infrastructure have been damaged by flood waters in Bongaigaon, Karimganj, Nagaon, Biswanath, Kamrup, Morigaon, Nalbari, Udalguri, Bajali, Cachar, Hailakandi, Hojai, Kokrajhar, Lakhimpur and Majuli.
A total of 5,90,949 domestic animals and poultry have been affected in the deluge across 12 districts, ASDMA said.
Quoting the Central Water Commission bulletin, the ASDMA said that the mighty Brahmaputra at Dhubri town, Tezpur and Neamatighat, while it tributaries Kopili at Dharamtul, Disang at Nanglamuraghat and Burhidihing at Chenimari (Khowang) are flowing above danger levels.
