The flood situation in Guwahati, Assam, improved marginally on Wednesday with water levels in major rivers seeing a decline, bringing down the affected population in 26 districts to 17 lakh. According to an official bulletin.
However, sporadic rainfall was reported from several districts leading to vast tracts of land being submerged.
According to the Assam State Disaster Management Authority (ASDMA), seven deaths were reported on Tuesday, including two in Cachar and one each in Dhubri, Dhemaji, South Salmara, Nagaon and Sivasagar.
The death toll in floods, landslides and storms this year has risen to 92, while 79 people have lost their lives in floods alone.
38,870.3 hectares of crop land is still submerged, compared to 49,014.06 hectares on Monday.
The worst affected districts are Dhubri where 3,54,045 people are affected, Cachar (1,81,545), Sivasagar (1,36,547), Barpeta (1,16,074) and Golaghat (1,09,475).
A total of 48,021 affected people have taken shelter in 507 relief camps, while relief material has been distributed to 104,665 others outside these camps.
Dhubri, Cachar, Kamrup, Goalpara, Lakhimpur, Dibrugarh, Charaideo, South Salmara, Nalbari, Karimganj, Dhemaji, Morigaon, Nagaon, Sivasagar, Golaghat, Sonitpur, Hailakandi, Biswanath, Barpeta, Darrang, Kamrup (M), Majuli, Jorhat, The affected districts include Kokrajhar, Tinsukia and Chirang.
Urban flooding was reported from Kamrup (Metropolitan), Dibrugarh and two districts of Karbi Anglong.
Kaziranga National Park has experienced its worst floods in recent years, resulting in the death of 159 wild animals either by drowning or during rescue operations, while 133 others have been rescued.
Infrastructure damage included 94 roads, three bridges, 26 houses and six embankments. The Brahmaputra river remains above the danger level at Nimatighat, Tezpur, Guwahati and Dhubri, while other rivers like Budhi Dihing, Dikhau, Disang, Kopili and Kushiyara are also flowing above their danger mark at various places.
However, sporadic rainfall was reported from several districts leading to vast tracts of land being submerged.
According to the Assam State Disaster Management Authority (ASDMA), seven deaths were reported on Tuesday, including two in Cachar and one each in Dhubri, Dhemaji, South Salmara, Nagaon and Sivasagar.
The death toll in floods, landslides and storms this year has risen to 92, while 79 people have lost their lives in floods alone.
38,870.3 hectares of crop land is still submerged, compared to 49,014.06 hectares on Monday.
The worst affected districts are Dhubri where 3,54,045 people are affected, Cachar (1,81,545), Sivasagar (1,36,547), Barpeta (1,16,074) and Golaghat (1,09,475).
A total of 48,021 affected people have taken shelter in 507 relief camps, while relief material has been distributed to 104,665 others outside these camps.
Dhubri, Cachar, Kamrup, Goalpara, Lakhimpur, Dibrugarh, Charaideo, South Salmara, Nalbari, Karimganj, Dhemaji, Morigaon, Nagaon, Sivasagar, Golaghat, Sonitpur, Hailakandi, Biswanath, Barpeta, Darrang, Kamrup (M), Majuli, Jorhat, The affected districts include Kokrajhar, Tinsukia and Chirang.
Urban flooding was reported from Kamrup (Metropolitan), Dibrugarh and two districts of Karbi Anglong.
Kaziranga National Park has experienced its worst floods in recent years, resulting in the death of 159 wild animals either by drowning or during rescue operations, while 133 others have been rescued.
Infrastructure damage included 94 roads, three bridges, 26 houses and six embankments. The Brahmaputra river remains above the danger level at Nimatighat, Tezpur, Guwahati and Dhubri, while other rivers like Budhi Dihing, Dikhau, Disang, Kopili and Kushiyara are also flowing above their danger mark at various places.
