Assam continues to grapple with devastating floods. It has claimed eight extra lives on Wednesday, bringing the whole variety of flood-related fatalities within the state this yr to 46.
By Wednesday night, floods had impacted 16.25 lakh folks throughout 2800 villages in 29 districts. The districts of Nagaon and Darrang in Central Assam, together with Karimganj within the Barak Valley, are among the many worst affected.
Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma addressed the media, emphasizing the significance of promptly assessing the injury to make sure all potential help is offered to the affected residents by August 15. “If it doesn’t rain within the coming days, we anticipate that the flood circumstances will enhance in about two days. However from our previous expertise, it’s noticed that in July there’s a third wave of floods too… earlier than 15th August, we are going to assist folks in no matter method we are able to,” he said.
The affected districts within the latest flood embody Kamrup, Tamulpur, Chirang, Morigaon, Lakhimpur, Biswanath, Dibrugarh, Karimganj, Udalguri, Nagaon, Bongaigaon, Sonitpur, Golaghat, Hojai, Darrang, Charaideo, Nalbari, Jorhat, Sivasagar, Karbi Anglong, Goalpara, Dhemaji, Majuli, Tinsukia, Kokrajhar, Barpeta, Cachar, and Kamrup (M).
Lakhimpur district has the very best variety of affected folks, with 165,319 people impacted. That is adopted by 147,143 folks in Darrang district, 106,480 in Golaghat district, 101,888 in Dhemaji district, 74,848 in Tinsukia, 73,074 in Biswanath, 69,567 in Cachar, 66,167 in Majuli, 65,061 in Sonitpur, and 48,452 folks in Morigaon district.
The flood waters have submerged 42,476.18 hectares of crop space. A complete of two,208 villages underneath 84 income circles have been affected within the second wave of flooding.
