Assam Floods: death toll rises to 25

The death toll in Assam amid the floods has risen to 25 as one more person lost his life due to the floods, and more than 6.5 lakh people remained affected by the deluge across 22 districts.

Assam State Disaster Management Authority (ASDMA) in a statement said, “one person in Silchar of Cachar district was lost to floodwaters”.

“The total number of people losing their lives in this year's flood and landslides has gone up to 25 across the State,” it said on Monday.

As per the ASDMA statement, more than 6,50,400 people are hit due to floods in Barpeta, Cachar, Darrang, Dhubri, Dibrugarh, Dima Hasao, Goalpara, Golaghat, Hailakandi, Hojai, Jorhat, Kamrup, Kamrup Metropolitan, Karbi Anglong West, Karimganj, Lakhimpur, Majuli, Morigaon, Nagaon, Nalbari, Sonitpur and Udalguri districts.

It also informed that Nagaon is one of the worst-hit districts with over 3.51 lakh people in distress, followed by Cachar (nearly two lakh people) and Hojai (more than 44,500 people).

Currently, 1,709 villages are under the deluge and 82,503 hectares of crop areas have been damaged across Assam.

ASDMA further said that authorities are running 656 relief camps and distribution centers in eight districts, where the shelter has been provided to 90,597 people.