Assam CM Visits Flood-Hit Areas Of Hojai, Announces Cash Aid
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Guwahati/Hojai, July 11: More than 3.79 lakh people are still reeling under floods across 10 districts of Assam, which was battered by heavy spells of rain last month, an official bulletin here said.
According to Assam State Disaster Management Authority (ASDMA), no death due to drowning was reported during the day, with the toll in this year’s flood and landslides standing at 192.
As many as 3,79,200 people still continue to remain affected due to floods in Bajali, Biswanath, Cachar, Chirang, Hailakandi, Kamrup, Morigaon, Nagaon, Sivasagar and Tamulpur districts.
In all, around 5.39 lakh people have been hit due to the deluge in these 10 districts.
Cachar happens to be the worst-hit in the state with over 2.08 lakh people hit due to floods, followed by Morigaon with nearly 1.42 lakh affected people.
Currently, 416 villages lay inundated in the state with 5,431.20 hectares of crop area damaged, the ASDMA bulletin stated.
Authorities are running 102 relief camps and distribution centres in eight districts, where 20,964 people, including 5,515 children, have taken shelter, it maintained.
Since Sunday, 77.1 quintals of rice, dal and salt, 327 litres of mustard oil and other relief items have been distributed in the flood-hit areas
Embankments, roads, bridges and other infrastructure have been damaged due to the deluge in several places of Assam, including Udalguri, Dhemaji, Dhubri, Baksa, Barpeta, Kamrup and Morigaon.
No river is flowing above the danger mark as of now, the bulletin added.
Meanwhile, chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma, while taking stock of the flood situation in Hojai district on Monday, announced that 18,000 flood-affected families of the district will get a one-time aid of Rs 3,800. Soon after landing at the playground of Jugijan Higher Secondary School in Hojai, Sarma inspected the flood affected areas of Dakshin Kenduri area, Nabhanga area and interacted with the local villagers.
During the visit he was accompanied by local MLA Ramkrishna Ghosh, Lumding MLA Shibu Mishra, BJP district president Anup Deb, AGP district president Reziaul Karim Choudhury, deputy commissioner Anupam Choudhury and officials of different departments.
Later, he held discussions with the officials of concerned departments on the premises of Jugijan Higher Secondary School.
During the meeting, the chief minister gave many vital instructions to all the departments and asked them to actively work for the welfare of the people at large.
He instructed the PWD officials to immediately submit a report on damaged roads so that repair work can be taken up early.
Sarma also asked the district administration to initiate steps for construction of six highlands in the area, which could be used by local people to take shelter during floods. Further, he directed officials of the Agriculture Department to supply paddy seedlings to affected farmers on a priority basis.
While interacting with the media, the chief minister said that within two years a dyke would be built to solve the flood problem.
He also said a total aid of Rs. 95,000 will be provided to those people whose homes were totally damaged by the recent flood.
