12 New Deaths Reported in the last 24 hours!
On Thursday, 23 June 2022, The flood situation in Assam remained grim with over 54.5 lakh people still affected and 12 fresh deaths reported, officials said.
Brahmaputra and Barak rivers along with its tributaries are in the most affected districts and vast tracts of land remained inundated in 32 of the total 36 districts in the state. The flood waters, however, receded in a few places.
Altogether 3,658 persons were evacuated with the help of 276 boats across the state by NDRF, SDRF and other agencies during the day, according to the bulletin.
Over 14,500 marooned people have been rescued by the NDRF in 12 flood-affected districts of Assam, an official added.
The 1st Battalion Disaster Response Force of NDRF swung into rescue operations in the affected districts and deployed more than 70 boats and 400 men in the heavily flooded districts, its assistant commandant Santosh Kumar Singh told PTI.
An additional eight teams from other forces with 207 personnel were airlifted to Silchar since Tuesday, he said.
The rescue operations are going on by NDRF in Kamrup, Kamrup Rural, Bongaigaon, Barpeta, Bajali, Hojai, Nalbari, Darang, Tamulpur, Nagaon, Udalguri, and Cachar, Singh said.
The force is also engaged in assisting the district administrations in distributing relief materials to the affected people, he said.
According to the Central Water Commission (CWC) bulletin Kopili river is flowing above the danger level at Kampur in Nagaon district, Disang river in Sivasagar, Brahmaputra at Nimatighat, Tezpur, Goalpara and Dhubri, Barak river at Karimganj, Cachar and Hailakandi district and Kushiara at Karimganj.
A total of 2,32,002 people have been affected by the flood in 565 villages in Cachar district, 2,81,271 in 469 villages of Karimganj and over 51,000 in 98 villages in Hailakandi.
CM Himanta Biswa Sarma to visit Silchar on Thursday to review the flood situation in the Valley.
A total population 54,57,601 were affected in 32 districts of the state.
In Barpeta, 11,29,390 are affected, followed by Kamrup with 7,89,496, Dhubri with 5,97,153 and Nagaon with 5,03,450 people in the flood, according to a bulletin of the (ASDMA) on Thursday.
Urban flooding was reported from Cachar, Darrang, Goalpara, Karimganj and Morigaon.
The floods caused by rainfall have affected 112 revenue circles and 4941 villages forcing 2,71,125 people to take shelter in 845 relief camps, it said.
Relief materials were distributed from 1026 delivery points among the flood hit who have not taken shelter in the relief camps till yet.
The flood has damaged 218 roads and 20 bridges, besides breaching two embankments in Kamrup district. A crop area of 99,026 hectares and 33,17,086 animals have been affected badly.
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