Nearly 1.25 lakh people in five districts of Assam remained affected by floods even as the Government on Monday started the exercise of assessing the scale of damage due to the deluge and chalking out rehabilitation plan.
Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal took stock of the entire network of embankments during the day and asked the water resources department to begin repairing the breaches.
He asked the DCs to immediately address medical emergencies and take steps to avert outbreak of any water borne diseases in the flood affected areas, restore snapped communication and repair roads and culverts on a war-footing.
He directed the deputy commissioners to reach out to flood victims to ascertain their losses and immediately submit a report to expeditiously start rehabilitation process. According to a report by the Assam State Disaster Management Authority (ASD-MA), 1.25 lakh people are affected currently in Chirang, Morigaon, Nagaon,
Karbi Anglong and Golaghat districts.