GUWAHATI/AGARTALA/IMPHAL: Five people drowned in the present spate of floods in Assam on Sunday, taking the demise toll to 11 in the state since the first wave hit the state five days in the past. Three individuals drowned in Cachar district and one each in Hailakandi and Karimganj districts in Barak valley.
Nearly four.five lakh people in the state stay suffering from the deluge, even as the number of flood-hit districts has come down to six from seven, with the development in the situation in Karbi Anglong East district. Districts still reeling under flood are Hojai, Karbi Anglong West, Golaghat, Karimganj, Cachar and Hailakandi. A total of 1,73,245 displaced people are lately sheltered in 481 relief camps in affected districts. According to the Assam State Disaster Management Authority (ASDMA), Karimganj is the worst-hit, with 2,14,808 people affected.
Brahmaputra at Neamatighat in Jorhat district, Dhansiri river at Numaligarh in Golaghat district, Jia Bharali river in Sonitpur district, Kopili river at Kampur in Nagaon, Barak river at AP Ghat and Badarpurghat in Cachar district, Katakhal at Matizuri in Hailakandi district and Kushiyara in Karimganj districts had been flowing above danger level endured to float above danger mark on Sunday.
ASDMA officers said a total of 2,834.3 quintals of rice, 565.6 quintals of dal and 152.35 quintals of salt, in conjunction with different safe to eat pieces, had been distributed among flood-affected people in six districts. Northeast Frontier Railway (NFR) said teach services in the Lumding-Badarpur railway phase has resumed following restoration of tracks broken by means of landslides in Dima Hasao district.
Nearly four.five lakh people in the state stay suffering from the deluge, even as the number of flood-hit districts has come down to six from seven, with the development in the situation in Karbi Anglong East district. Districts still reeling under flood are Hojai, Karbi Anglong West, Golaghat, Karimganj, Cachar and Hailakandi. A total of 1,73,245 displaced people are lately sheltered in 481 relief camps in affected districts. According to the Assam State Disaster Management Authority (ASDMA), Karimganj is the worst-hit, with 2,14,808 people affected.
Brahmaputra at Neamatighat in Jorhat district, Dhansiri river at Numaligarh in Golaghat district, Jia Bharali river in Sonitpur district, Kopili river at Kampur in Nagaon, Barak river at AP Ghat and Badarpurghat in Cachar district, Katakhal at Matizuri in Hailakandi district and Kushiyara in Karimganj districts had been flowing above danger level endured to float above danger mark on Sunday.
ASDMA officers said a total of 2,834.3 quintals of rice, 565.6 quintals of dal and 152.35 quintals of salt, in conjunction with different safe to eat pieces, had been distributed among flood-affected people in six districts. Northeast Frontier Railway (NFR) said teach services in the Lumding-Badarpur railway phase has resumed following restoration of tracks broken by means of landslides in Dima Hasao district.
Five drown in Assam floods, toll touches 11
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