Authorities run 248 relief camps and distribution centres in 14 districts, where 48,304 people, including 6,911 children, have taken refuge. They have distributed 2,264.22 quintals of rice, dal, and salt, 5,977.48 litres of mustard oil, 2,393.84 cattle feed, and other flood relief items.
Digital Desk: The flood situation in Assam deteriorated on Wednesday, with the number of affected increasing to 6.62 lakh in 27 districts and the death toll rising to nine, an official bulletin said.
Assam State Disaster Management Authority said that 1413 villages are underwater, and Nagaon is the worst-hit district where 2.88 lakh people are reeling under the calamity. In Cachar, nearly 1.2 lakh people and in Hojai, more than 1.07 lakh people were affected.
The other affected districts are Bajali, Baksa, Barpeta, Biswanath, Bongaigaon, Charaideo, Darrang, Dhemaji, Dibrugarh, Dima Hasao, Goalpara, Hailakandi, Kamrup, Kamrup Metropolitan, Karbi Anglong West, Karimganj, Kokrajhar, Lakhimpur, Majuli, Morigaon, Nalbari, Sonitpur, Tamulpur and Udalguri.
ASDMA said 46160.43 hectares of crop area had been inundated in the current flood wave, and massive erosion was seen in Barpeta, Bongaigaon, Charaideo, Chirang, Darrang, Dhubri, Dibrugarh, Kamrup Metropolitan, Nalbari, Sivasagar, Sonitpur, Tamulpur, Tinsukia, and Udalguri districts.
Authorities run 248 relief camps and distribution centres in 14 districts, where 48,304 people, including 6,911 children, have taken refuge. They have distributed 2,264.22 quintals of rice, dal, and salt, 5,977.48 litres of mustard oil, 2,393.84 cattle feed, and other flood relief items.
Till Tuesday, over 4.03 lakh people were affected by the deluge across 26 districts in the state.
The bulletin said that fresh landslides had taken place in Hailakandi and the devastated Dima Hasao district, where the local administration has set up many relief camps for the affected people.
Floodwaters have damaged dams, roads, bridges, and other infrastructure in Biswanath, Barpeta, Goalpara, Nagaon, Nalbari, Tamulpur, Bajali, Cachar, Darrang, Dhemaji, Lakhimpur, Morigaon, Sonitpur, Udalguri, Dibrugarh and Kamrup, ASDMA said.
It added that 3,07,849 domestic animals and poultry had been affected in the deluge across 13 districts.
Kopili river is flowing above the danger marks at Dharamtul and Kampur, and Disang at Nanglamuraghat, the bulletin stated.
Because of the damages to railway tracks in multiple locations, the Northeast Frontier Railway (NFR) has already suspended all trains through Lumding-Badarpur Hill Section to Barak Valley, Tripura, Mizoram, and Manipur, and restoration work is on in the damaged areas.
In the neighbouring state, Arunachal Pradesh, the constant rain triggered landslides and a flood-like situation in several districts over the last couple of days.
"So far, four people have died in Itanagar due to landslides, while the body of three others, including a woman buried under one on Sunday night, is yet to be recovered despite efforts", a police official said.
"Torrential rains have led to flooding by the Lohit river and its tributaries in the Lohit district and threaten areas like Machuwa camp, Tezu Khola, Jhalukbari, and 32 miles", the officials said.
Since Monday night, the landslides have hit water supply in the capital complex, comprising Itanagar, Naharlagun, Nirjuli, and Banderdewa areas, and hit surface communication between Itanagar and Ziro in Lower Subansiri district.
Meanwhile, Tripura, which is facing depleting stocks as railway services to the state has been snapped due to the devastating flood in Assam, may transport essential commodities through Bangladesh's Chittagong.
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