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The flood situation in Assam continued to remain grim as incessant rain inundated new areas across the state, even though the number of people affected by the deluge reduced to nearly 33,500 in 12 districts, an official bulletin said.
Interestingly, Flood free Assam was one of the promises made by the BJP in the 2019 general polls and 2021 Assam elections. While campaigning during 2012 assembly polls , Union Home Minister Amit Shah had promised to make the state flood free in next five years .
According to Hindu report, October 22, 2022, Amit Shah reportedly said , “We had promised an insurgency, agitation and flood-free Assam in our election manifesto. We have achieved the first two promises. Give us five more years and we will make the State flood-free.”
As per PTI report, According to the daily flood report of the Assam State Disaster Management Authority (ASDMA), more than 33,500 people are hit due to floods in Cachar, Darrang, Dhemaji, Dibrugarh, Golaghat, Hojai, Lakhimpur, Nagaon, Nalbari, Sonitpur, Tinsukia and Udalguri districts.
Till Saturday, more than 37,500 people were suffering from the deluge in eight districts of Assam.
Lakhimpur is the worst-hit district with over 25,200 people suffering from the flood, followed by Dibrugarh with more than 3,800 and Tinsukia with almost 2,700, it added.
The administration has been operating one relief camp, where nine people are currently staying, besides 16 relief distribution centres in three districts.
At present, 142 villages are under water and 1,510.98 hectares of crop areas have been damaged across Assam, the ASDMA said.
Massive erosions have been witnessed in Biswanath, Bongaigaon, Dibrugarh, Kokrajhar, Lakhimpur, Majuli, Morigaon, Nagaon, Sivasagar, Sonitpur, South Salmara and Udalguri districts, it said.
Incidents of landslides due to heavy rainfall have been reported from Dima Hasao and Karimganj.
Embankments, roads, bridges and other infrastructure have been damaged by flood waters in Sonitpur, Lakhimpur, Cachar, Dhemaji, Goalpara, Nagaon, Udalguri, Chirang, Dibrugarh, Kamrup, Karbi Anglong, Karimganj, Bongaigaon, Majuli, Morigaon, Sivasagar and South Salmara districts.
The Brahmaputra river at Neamatighat, while its tributaries Puthimari at NH Road Crossing and Kopili at Kampur are flowing above the danger marks, the report said.
