Assam floods: Death toll rises to 14, over 7.12 lakh people affected
India Today
Floods claimed four more lives in Assam, pushing the death toll to 14. Nearly 7.12 lakh people across 29 districts of the state are still reeling from the calamity.
The flood situation in Assam remained grim on Friday, with four more people perishing in the deluge. While two people died in Cachar district, Lakhimpur and Nagaon witnessed one death each.
The death toll in the current pre-monsoon floods and landslides in Assam has risen to 14, with nearly 7.12 lakh people affected in 29 of the state's 34 districts.
On the other hand, a total of 80036.90 hectare crop areas have been affected in 2,251 villages across the 29 affected districts. More than 74,705 people have taken shelter in 234 relief camps. The affected districts are Barpeta, Biswanath, Bongaigaon, Cachar, Charaideo, Darrang, Dhemaji, Dhubri, Dibrugarh, Dima Hasao, Goalpara, Golaghat, Hailakandi, Hojai, Jorhat, Kamrup, Kamrup Metropolitan, Karbi Anglong West, Karimganj, Kokrajhar, Lakhimpur, Majuli, Morigaon, Nagaon, Nalbari, Sonitpur, South Salmar, Tinsukia and Udalguri.
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A total of 269 stranded people have been rescued while 24 metric tonnes of food items have been transported to the worst-affected Dima Hasao district in the last two days with the help of the Indian Air Force. The state government has allotted additional Rs 2 crore each to Cachar and Dima Hasao district for releasing gratuitous relief to the affected people.
Unicef has deployed seven teams of technical specialists and consultants to support the disaster management authorities of Cachar, Hojai, Darrang, Biswanath, Nagaon, Morigaon and Dima Hasao to monitor flood relief operations. The Assam disaster management authority is also contemplating to augment disaster response forces from nearby states to further strengthen response if the situation becomes more critical.
A team of specialists from ISRO is doing rapid damage assessment in Dima Hasao using drones and satellite data to inform the post disaster need assessment. Steps for recuperating the broken communication systems are being taken to establish contact with remote areas in the hill district.
