Assam Flood: Death toll rises to 38; Five death reported in Landslide

According to the latest report of Flood and landslide and heavy rain released on Wednesday, death toll rises to 38, five in landslide and rest are in flood. Total of 101926 people are highly affected while many were missing as incessant rainfall caused landslides and washed away several roads across Assam.

The districts are Bajali, Baksa, Barpeta, Biswanath, Bongaigaon, Cachar, Saraideo, Darrang, Dhemaji, Dhubri, Dibrugarh, Dima-Hasao, Goalpara, Hailakandi, Golghar, Hojai, Kamrup, Kamrup (M), Karbi Anglong West, Karimganj, Kokrajhar, Lakhimpur, Majuli, Morigaon, Nagaon, Nalbari, Sonitpur, Udalguri, Sivasagar, South Salmara, Tamulpur, Tinsukia, Darrang, Jorhat, Kamrup (M) are the urban areas that have come under the grip of flood. As of now 171 villages in 10 districts are in flood.

Infrastructure and road communication has damaged in several districts – Udalguri, Cachar, DimaHasao, Dhubri, Dibrugarh, Tinsukia.

A total of 6892.42 hectares of crop area have been affected in the flood. Total 2 human lives have been lost in flood in the State according to the recent flood report.