Flood situation in Assam continued to remain grim with three more persons losing their lives, taking the death toll to 34 in the current deluge in which over 11 lakh people have been affected.
The flood situation in Assam continued to remain grim with three more persons losing their lives, taking the death toll to 34 in the current deluge in which over 11 lakh people have been affected.
According to Assam State Disaster Management Authority (ASDMA), two persons were killed at Bilasipara and Chapar in Dhubri district, and one person lost his life at Barpeta town in Barpeta district.
With this, the death toll in the current wave of floods has gone up to 34 in the state. The ASDMA said more than 11 lakh people are suffering across 1,659 villages in 21 districts.
As of now, the affected districts are Lakhimpur, Golaghat, Jorhat, Bongaigaon, Dhemaji, Barpeta, Goalpara, Dhubri, Darrang, Morigaon, Sonitpur, Nalbari, Sivasagar, Kokrajhar, Dibrugarh, Biswanath, Kamrup Metropolitan, Nagaon, South Kamrup, Karbi Anglong and Chirang.
Among them, Barpeta is the worst affected with nearly three lakh people still suffering, followed by Morigaon with almost 2.7 lakh and Goalpara with 1.4 lakh people hit by the floods.
(PTI)
1. Flood waters near Kaziranga National Park
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Flood affected villagers use a boat to navigate past submerged houses near a village in Kaziranga National Park. (Photo courtesy - PTI)
2. Water, water, everywhere, Nor any drop to drink
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Villagers stand on boats to collect water from a well in flood affected Rajabari village in Kamrup district.
3. Danger mark
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A villager uses a boat to move past flood water near a submerged electric transformer in the flood-affected Rajabari village in Kamrup district.
4. Animals bear the brunt
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A young one-horned rhino trying to rise above water on the National Highway from the flooded grassland in Kothari village near Kaziranga National Park in Nagaon district. About 218 animals, including 17 rhinos and 166 hog deer have died because of the flood.
5. Raft to the rescue
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A flood-affected family moves on a makeshift raft past a fishing net in Morigaon district.
6. Risky commute
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Flood-affected villagers use a country boat at Jhargaon in Morigaon district.
7. Relief Operations
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Villagers gather to collect flood relief material at Dhipujijan Pam in West Mayong in Kamrup district.
8. NDRF in action
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National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) jawans rescue flood affected villagers in Kamrup district of Assam.
9. Relief camps
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A girl dries fish in a relief camp in flood affected Pasahbari near Guwahati in Assam.
10. CM Sonowal inspects erosion
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Assam Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal inspects erosion affected areas perpetrated by the Aie river in Chirang district.
