Assam flood death toll stands at 109, 19 districts still affected

Assam flood death toll stands at 109, 19 districts still affected

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Assam flood death toll stands at 109, 19 districts still affectedPhoto Credits: Mohsin Khan

The ravaging annual floods have claimed a total of 109 lives so far in Assam. A total of 19 districts are reeling under floodwaters, according to the Assam State Disaster Management Authority.

A total of 854235 people and 51769 hectares of cropland across 1087 villages have been affected by the flood. So far 2,69,218 big animals, 1,39,397 small animals and 2,82,725 poultry are also affected.

Several rivers including the mighty Brahmaputra in different parts of Assam are flowing above danger level, causing floods and consequently leaving thousands of families homeless.

The Brahmaputra is flowing above the danger level at Neematighat in Jorhat and Dhubri. Jia Dharali at NT Road Crossing and Kopili at Nagaon and Dhansiri at Numaligarh.

As per the latest data, the flood-affected districts are Dhemaji, Lakhimpur, Biswanath, Darrang, Baksa, Nalbari, Barpeta, Chirang, Bongaigaon, Kokrajhar, Dhubri, Goalpara, Kamrup, Kamrup (M), Morigaon, Nagaon, Golaghat, Jorhat, Majuli and Sivasagar district. A total of 93 relief camps have been installed. In the relief camps, there are so far 11,997 people.

Meanwhile, the Kaziranga National park in Assam is badly affected with 55% area submerged and according to Forest department report, a total of 145 animals have died in this flood season and 169 animal have been rescued. 80 animals have died from drowning, 20 have died from vehicle hits and 17 died under treatment.

There are places of erosion at Sorai Chapori (Na-mati, Naromori, Dolijolia) under Dakhin Ahataguri GP, Bilotia, Huttar and Rioti under Ahataguri GP and Kartik Chapori under Kamalabari GP in Assam.

The affected districts are Sonitpur, Dibrugarh, Barpeta, Majuli, Lakhimpur, Udalguri, Nalbari, Chirang, Biswanath, Baksa, South Salmara, Sivasagar, Tinsukia, Golaghat, Charaideo, Kokrajhar, Bongaigaon, Nagaon.

The Brahmaputra and its tributaries have eroded away more than 427,000 (4.27 lakh) hectares of land since 1950 which is nearly 8,000 hectares.

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Edited By: Admin
Published On: Aug 02, 2020
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