Assam flood situation improving

Flood situation in Assam improving, 109 dead, 5,97,600 affected, 1,342 villages submerged, relief efforts ongoing.

The flood situation in Assam continued to improve significantly on July 15 as water level has been receding fast from different parts of the State, officials said.

The India Meteorological Department’s Regional Meteorological Centre (RMC) in Guwahati has also not issued any warning except predicting some rains in Barak valley and a few districts of central Assam.

Meanwhile, a report by Assam State Disaster Management Authority (ASDMA) on July 14 night said that one person each died in Karimganj and Nilambazar revenue circles of Karimganj district.

With this, the total number of people losing their lives in this year’s flood, landslide, storm and lightning has increased to 109.

The report said more than 5,97,600 people are hit due to flood in Cachar, Chirang, Darrang, Dhemaji, Dhubri, Dibrugarh, Goalpara, Golaghat, Jorhat, Kamrup, Kamrup Metropolitan, Karimganj, Majuli, Morigaon, Nagaon, Nalbari and Sivasagar districts.

Cachar is the worst hit with nearly 1.16 lakh people suffering, followed by Dhubri with almost 81,500 lakh people and Nagaon with more than 76,000 people reeling under flood waters, it added.

“Flood water is receding from almost all inundated areas of the state. As the rain has stopped, the condition is likely to improve further,” a senior official of ASDMA said.