Assam flood: Death toll climbs to 25, PM Modi assures CM Himanta Biswa Sarma of Centre’s help

Devastating floods triggered by incessant rain continued to ravage Assam, with the deluge claiming eight more lives on Saturday. Around 31 lakh people have been affected across the state.

Assam continued to reel under devastating floods caused by incessant rain on Saturday, with the deluge claiming eight more lives, including four children, taking the death toll to 25.

At least eight people remain missing. While four people went missing in Hojai district, four more were untraceable in the districts of Bajali, Karbi Anglong West, Kokrajhar and Tamulpur. Overall, the casualties in this year’s floods and landslides went up to 62.

Nearly 31 lakh people spread across 32 districts of the state have been severely affected by the floods. The swirling floodwaters of the Brahmaputra and its tributaries have entered 4,291 villages and submerged 66455.82 hectares of crop land.

“The villagers here were not willing to leave their houses saying there are a lot of valuables at their homes but we somehow managed to convince them to vacate their houses. Now we are making arrangements to shift them to the relief camps. We have already arranged food and other essential items for them. The water level in nearby Bhutan is rising so our district is also getting affected and the situation may even get worse in the coming days,” a district administration official in Barpeta said.

#WATCH Flood situation in Assam’s Chirang district remains grim with thousands of people affectedSDRF teams rescue more than 100 villagers. All the trapped people were shifted to safe places. (18.06) pic.twitter.com/IzQeAVJ0H2