Close to 19 lakh still affected
Four people have died in last 24 hours due to flood related incidents in Assam taking the death toll of the second wave of floods in the State to 67 even close to 19 lakh people of the State are still reeling under a devastating floods in 15 districts of the State till today.
“Flood situation has started to improve as water level has started to recede from different areas. However, 15 districts are still under flood water till today,” said an official of the Assam State Disaster Management Auhtority (ASDMA) on Sunday.
He said that Dhemaji, lakhimpur, Biswanath, Barpeta, Bongaigaon, Chirang, Kokrajhar, Dhubri, South Salmara, Golapara, Morigaon, Nagaon, Jorhat, Golaghat and Majuli districts are still affected by the flood where 1,493 villages are still submerged by flood waters.
“As on today 18,64,750 people are reeling under floods. While most of the people have left for their houses from relief camps, the 149 relief camps opened by the concerned district administrations are housing over 50,000 people in some districts,” he said.
Four people have died in flood related incidents in last 24 hours in Biswanath, Darrang, Morigaon and Kamrup districts, he said.
It may be mentioned here that first wave of flood have hit Assam between April to June this year unleashing huge damage and killed at least 84 people in flood related incidents besides damaging infrastructure like roads and bridges.
The Kaziranga national park of Assam, which had also witnessed severe flooding during the second wave of floods this year witnessed death of 225 animals including Hog Deer, Rhinos, elephants and a tiger. The second wave of flood have entered the national park on August 10 and took a serious turn. As on today, 30 percent of the park is still under water. Besides, the 225 animals, a total of 105 animals have already died in the park in the first wave of floods between April to June this year.
Meanwhile, the northeastern region continued to remain cut off from the mainland country through the railway as the rail links have remained snapped at different places. NF Railway officials said that the rail link is unlikely to get alright before August 28 although the NFR have been working hard to mend the snapped rail links.