Floods in Assam: The number of lives lost to date stands at 7 due to floods.
Guwahati:
Heavy rains have caused severe flooding and brought normal life to a standstill in several parts of Assam besides the lives of seven people, as confirmed by the daily flood report released by the Flood Reporting and Information Management System (FRIMS), Assam on Wednesday .
According to the report, 12 districts have been affected by floods, including Bajali, Barpeta, Biswanath, Darrang, Dhemaji, Goalpara, Jorhat, Kamrup, Lakhimpur, Nalbari, Sonitpur and Tamulpur.
While according to the FRIMS report, 20 income circles have been affected and 395 villages have been affected by the flood.
The report also stated that 106 shelter camps have been opened in 78 districts or subdivisions and the total number of affected animals is 65,759 in 6 districts of the state.
“While the number of lives lost to date stands at 7,” the report said, adding that a total of 5 medical teams have been deployed in 5 districts.
The number of dike breaches is 2 each in Biswanath and Sonitpur districts.
In addition, the reports also mentioned the number of damaged roads in the state, 2 in Baksa and 22 in Barpeta respectively.
More than 82,000 people are reportedly affected in these districts, while the flood situation has improved marginally in other parts of the state.
The state government sources previously said that the number of people affected by floods this year is much smaller than last year.
“This time the floods are mainly in lower Assam. If all goes well, maybe in a year or two, we could see minimal flooding even in lower Assam,” they said.
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