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Guwahati: Severe floods continue to wreak havoc in Assam. Due to floods, the situation in the entire state remains critical. The flood situation in the state worsened on Wednesday (June 21). Because of which about 1.2 lakh people in 20 districts of the state have been affected. Floods occur every year in Assam. This state is the most flood affected state of the country. On the other hand, the Meteorological Department has issued an ‘Orange Alert’ and has predicted ‘very heavy’ to ‘extremely heavy’ rainfall in several districts of Assam for the next few days.
Most affected by Nalbari flood
According to the Assam State Disaster Management Authority, over 34,000 people in nine districts were affected by the floods till Tuesday, but the situation worsened on Wednesday. As per their report, 1,19,800 people are affected due to floods in Baksa, Barpeta, Darrang, Dhemaji, Dhubri, Kokrajhar, Lakhimpur, Nalbari, Sonitpur and Udalguri districts. According to this report, Nalbari is the most affected by the flood and about 45,000 people are suffering from this havoc. After this, 26,500 people have been affected in Baksa and more than 25,000 in Lakhimpur.
14 relief camps and 17 relief distribution centers
To save the people in the state, the administration is running 14 relief camps in five districts. Where 2,091 people have taken shelter and 17 relief distribution centers are running in five districts. Army, Paramilitary Forces, NDRF, SDRF and Emergency Services; Civil administration and NGOs have rescued 1,280 people from several places. The ASDMA report states that a total of 780 villages are submerged in water across Assam and 10,591.85 hectares of crop area has been damaged.
