Situation improves in Assam, 10.63 lakh affected by floods in state

The flood situation in Assam has further improved as water receded from one more district, South Salmara. Currently, around 10.63 lakh people across 20 districts are still affected, an official bulletin said.

The number of flood-hit people have decreased by around 20,000 since Friday, while the floodwaters are affecting 75,710 hectare of cropland. The death toll due to floods stands at 106, as no fresh death was recorded on Saturday in the state. 26 other people have also been killed due to lanslides in Assam.

Goalpara district remains the worst-hit with around 3.41 lakh people affected followed by Morigaon with more than 1.73 lakh people and Dhubri with 38,448 people hit by the deluge.

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The flood has so far claimed the lives of 145 animals, while 170 others were rescued in Kaziranga National Park.

The Brahmaputra river is flowing above the danger mark at Dhubri town, Neamatighat in Jorhat and Tezpur in Sonitpur districts, while Dhansiri, Jia Bharali, Kopili and Beki are flowing over the danger mark at various places in different districts, the Assam Disaster Management Authority (ASDMA) said.

Over 29,000 people are currently in relief camps across 15 districts.

The 20 flood-hit districts are Dhemaji, Lakhimpur, Biswanath, Darrang, Baksa, Nalbari, Barpeta, Chirang, Bongaigaon, Kokrajhar, Dhubri, Goalpara, Kamrup, Kamrup Metropolitan, Morigaon, Nagaon, Golaghat, Jorhat, Majuli and Sivasagar.