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Assam flood: Six more die, 7.2 lakh of us affected

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May 23, 2022
Assam flood: Six more die, 7.2 lakh of us affected

Guwahati: The flood inconvenience in Assam has deteriorated with six more people, including two children, losing their lives and practically 7.2 lakh of us coming under the affect of the deluge all over 22 districts.

In accordance with the each day flood story of the Assam Affirm Catastrophe Administration Authority (ASDMA), four people drowned in Kampur revenue circle of Nagaon district.

One person at Doboka in Hojai district and a exiguous one at Silchar in Cachar, too, died attributable to the flood, it said on Sunday.

The death toll attributable to the flood and landslides this yr has now gone up to 24 all over Assam.

ASDMA said more than 7,19,540 of us had been impacted in a entire lot of districts — Barpeta, Biswanath, Cachar, Darrang, Goalpara, Golaghat, Hailakandi, Jorhat, Kamrup, Karbi Anglong West, Karimganj, Lakhimpur, Majuli, Morigaon, Nagaon, Sonitpur and Udalguri.

Nagaon is the worst hit with practically 3.46 lakh of us in damage, followed by Cachar (over 2.29 lakh of us) and Hojai (over 58,300 of us).

Till Saturday, over 6.8 lakh of us had been plagued by the deluge all over 31 districts of the issue.

At this time, 2,095 villages are under water and 95,473.51 hectares of slice self-discipline has been broken within the issue, the ASDMA bulletin said.

It said the authorities are working 421 relief camps and distribution centres in eight districts, the receive 91,518 of us, including 18,626 children, have taken refuge.

Round 253 of us need to this level been evacuated from diverse flood-hit substances of Assam.

Large erosion has been witnessed in Barpeta, Dhubri, Dibrugarh, Goalpara, Kamrup Metropolitan, Morigaon, Nalbari and Udalguri, among other districts, the bulletin said, including, floodwaters have furthermore introduced on injury to embankments, roads, bridges and other infrastructure at diverse places.

Brahmaputra’s tributaries Kopili at Dharamtul and Kampur, and Disang at Nanglamuraghat had been flowing above the hazard mark, cautioned ASDMA.

Meanwhile, Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Sunday said he held a dialogue with NHAI Chairperson Alka Upadhyaya in Fresh Delhi on points associated to national highways within the northeastern issue.

“I wired pressing repair of the flood and landslide-affected NHs and timely completion of the ongoing initiatives,” he said on Twitter.

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