As of Thursday, more than 12.01 Lakh people were affected in 22 districts. (FILE)
Guwahati:
Floodwaters in Assam receded in another district on Friday, even as 21 people continued to be inundated with lives lost and 10.83 lakh people affected by the flood, an official bulletin said.
Flood waters receded from Sonitpur district even though it remained in 21 others, the Assam State Disaster Management Authority (ASDMA) report said. The districts still affected by the flood are-Dhemaji, Lakhimpur, Biswanath, Darrang, Baksa, Udalguri, Nalbari, Barpeta, Chirang, Bongaigaon, Kokrajhar, Dhubri, Goalpara, South Salmara, Kamrup, Kamrup Metropolitan, Morigaon Golor, Jhatagahaton, Majuli and Sivasagar districts.
Another person died in Gossaigaon, Kokrajhar district, bringing the total number of people who lost their lives in this year’s floods and landslides to 135 statewide, of whom 109 were killed in flood-related incidents and 26 died as a result of landslides.
As of Thursday, more than 12.01 Lakh people were affected in 22 districts.
Goalpara remains the hardest hit with around 3.41 lakh people in pain, followed by Morigaon with over 2.22 lakh people and Dhubri with almost 28,000 people.
Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal visited Sadiya on Friday and provided an update on measures taken by the Department of Water Resources to stop erosion caused by the Kundil River on National Highway 37.
Speaking to the media, Sonowal pointed out that erosion of the Kundil rivers this year threatens to sever Assams road links with other northeastern states like Arunachal Pradesh and water resources departments, measures timely could save the affected part of the road and the bridge.
The measures taken by the department with the support of the district administration and the local population have avoided the danger posed by the erosion of the national road and a bridge in Sadiya, said Mr. Sonowal.
Stating that 28 districts have been affected by flooding this year which has caused widespread devastation, he said Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s initiative to form the North East Water Management Authority (NEWMA) would go a long way in finding solutions permanent to the problems of flooding and erosion. in Assam and NE.
A total of 82,947 hectares of crop areas were damaged across Assam in a flood, ASDMA said.
He added that the authorities were running 137 relief camps and distribution centers in 13 districts where 26,169 people had taken refuge and the district administrations had distributed rice, dal, salt and mustard oil as well as ” other relief materials such as drinking water, a mask and wheat bran.
The mighty Brahmaputra flows over the danger marks of the city of Dhubri, Neamatighat in Jorhat and Tezpur in the districts of Sonitpur, while its tributaries Dhansiri at Numaligarh at Golaghat, Jia Bharali at the NT road crossing at Sonitpur, Kopili at Dharamtul in Nagaon and Beki at the road bridge in Barpeta.
Embankments, roads, bridges, culverts and many other infrastructure were damaged in various places in Udalguri, Bongaigaon, Kokrajhar, Sonitpur, Chirang, Lakhimpur, Golaghat and Morigaon districts.
Massive erosion has been observed at various locations in Udalguri, Sonitpur and South Salmara districts, ASDMA said.
The ASDMA bulletin added that a total of 17 out of 223 camps in Kaziranga National Park, six of 40 camps in Rajiv Gandhi Orang National Park and 12 of the camps in Pobitora Wildlife Sanctuary were disrupted by the flood.
The flood has so far claimed the lives of 145 different animals, while 169 more have been rescued in Kaziranga National Park, the bulletin said citing the DFO of the East Assam Wildlife Division.
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