In keeping with the day by day flood report, one individual was killed at Athani in Dhubri district. (File)
Guwahati:
The flood scenario in Assam improved marginally with water receding from two affected districts, however remained crucial in 20 different districts the place over 13 lakh folks had been submerged, officers stated on Friday.
The deluge claimed an individual’s life in Dhubri district, elevating the demise depend to 35, the Assam State Catastrophe Administration Authority (ASDMA) stated.
With this, the cumulative demise depend because of flooding and landslides have risen to 59 throughout the state.
The ASDMA stated practically 13.three lakh individuals are affected by flooding in Dhemaji, Lakhimpur, Biswanath, Chirang, Darrang, Nalbari, Barpeta, Bongaigaon, Kokrajhar, Dhubri, South Salmara, Goalpara, Kamrup, Kamrup Metropolitan, Morigaon, Nagaon, Golaghat, Jorhat, Dibrugarh and Tinsukia districts.
Barpeta is the worst hit by the flood the place over 7.41 lakh folks had been affected, adopted by South Salmara with nearly 1.95 lakh folks and Goalpara with 93,300 folks, the ASDMA stated.
The SDRF, district administrations and native folks have evacuated 1,189 individuals over the past 24 hours in 5 districts, the ASDMA stated in a bulletin.
In keeping with the day by day flood report, one individual was killed at Athani in Dhubri district.
Until Thursday, greater than 16 lakh individuals had been struggling because of the deluge unfold throughout 22 districts.
At current, 1,636 villages are underwater and 67,628.06 hectares of crop areas have been broken, the ASDMA stated.
It additional stated authorities are operating 156 reduction camps and distribution centres throughout 13 districts, the place 11,741 folks have taken shelter.
The authorities have distributed a complete of 6,997.57 quintals of rice, dal and salt, and three,304.62 litres of mustard oil together with different reduction supplies akin to tarpaulin, snacks, candle, matchbox, consuming water, milk and biscuit.
The Brahmaputra river is flowing above the hazard degree at Nimatighat in Jorhat and Dhubri city in Dhubri districts.
Its tributaries Jia Bharali at NT Street Crossing in Sonitpur, Kopili at Dharamtul in Nagaon and Beki at Street Bridge in Barpeta are flowing above the hazard degree.
Embankments, roads, bridges, culverts and lots of different infrastructures have been broken at varied locations in Udalguri, Baksa, Barpeta, Darrang and Dibrugarh districts, the ASDMA report stated.
A complete of 43 camps out of 223 at Kaziranga Nationwide Park, and two out of 40 camps at Rajiv Gandhi Orang Nationwide Park have been affected by the deluge.
Floodwaters have additionally claimed the lives of 41 animals in Kaziranga Nationwide Park, the bulletin stated, quoting the DFO of the Japanese Assam Wildlife Division.
The flood has additionally affected 19,14,001 home animals and poultry throughout the state over the past 24 hours, it added.
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