Assam Floods: Eight extra folks misplaced their lives because the flood scenario in Assam remained grim on Sunday, an official bulletin stated. Two deaths every had been reported from Dhubri and Nalbari, and one every from Cachar, Goalpara, Dhemaji and Sivsagar, the Assam State Catastrophe Administration Authority (ASDMA) bulletin stated.
With this, the toll on this 12 months’s flood, landslide and storm elevated to 78. Altogether 22,74,289 folks in 28 districts had been affected by the flood. Dhubri continued to be the worst-hit with 7,54,791 affected folks. A complete of 269 aid camps had been working within the state, offering shelter to 53,689 folks. The Brahmaputra was flowing above the hazard mark at Nematighat, Tezpur and Dhubri.
Different rivers which have breached the crimson mark are Burhidihing in Khowang, Dikhou in Sivsagar, DIsang in Nanglamuraghat, Dhansiri in Numaligarh, Kopili in Dharamtul, Beki in Barpeta, Sankosh in Golakganj, Barak in BP Ghat and Kushiyara in Karimganj.
