Flood Situation Continues To Improve, Affected Districts Reduced To 22

HT Bureau

GUWAHATI, June 27: The Central Water Commission (CWC) report published on Monday confirmed eight fresh human deaths due to floods in the state. As such, the state has altogether lost 134 human lives in the current deluge so far. At the same time, the CWC report also indicated a slight improvement in the overall situation of the state.

According to the CWC report, five bodies were recovered from the Barak valley’s Cachar district alone. Four bodies were recovered from the Cachar district’s Silchar town while another was recovered from the district’s Udharbond area on Monday. Three more bodies were recovered, one each from the Kamrup metro, Morigaon and Nagaon districts. Notably, the report highlighted that a resident of Silchar was found missing till Monday.

However, the report indicated a slight improvement in the overall flood situation as the numbers of affected districts were reduced to 22 on Monday. The disturbing fact in the matter is that the river Kopili at Dharamtul is still flowing above danger level.

The districts which remained inundated till Monday were – Bajali, Baksa, Barpeta, Cachar, Chirang, Darrang, Dhemaji, Dima-Hasao, Goalpara, Golaghat, Hailakandi, Kamrup, Kamrup (M), Karimganj, Lakhimpur, Majuli, Morigaon, Nagaon, Nalbari, Sonitpur, Tamulpur and Udalguri. On Monday, 1,91,194 affected individuals were sheltered at 715 relief camps temporarily erected in different districts of the state.

Notably, altogether 12,20,112 big and small domestic animals and poultry were severely affected by the current floods while 2,774 animals were entirely washed away.

Ever since the deluge, the officers of the local administration, Indian army, paramilitary force, civil defence, trained volunteers, fire and emergency services, National Disaster Response Force, police and the State Disaster Response Force have been engaged in full swing to expedite rescue operations.