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More than 3.90 lakh people continued to reel under floodwater in Assam as the overall situation remained grim, officials said in a report by PTI . Even though there was a marginal improvement in the flood situation with receding rainfall bringing respite in some parts of the state, 19 districts still remained affected, they said.
The death toll in this year’s flood, landslides and storm has reached 37, while one person is missing, the officials said.
Altogether 3,90,491 people remained affected in Kamrup, Tamulpur, Hailakandi, Udalguri, Hojai, Dhubri, Barpeta, Biswanath, Nalbari, Bongaigaon, Baksa, Karimganj, South Salmara, Goalpara, Darrang, Bajali, Nagaon, Cachar and Kamrup Metropolitan districts as on Friday evening.
The number of affected people had decreased marginally from 4.09 lakh on Thursday, though the number of flood-hit districts remained the same.
Karimganj has been the worst-affected district with over 2.40 lakh people hit. Among the major rivers flowing over the danger level were Kopili at Kampur and Dharamtul, Barak at BP Ghat and Kushiyara in Karimganj, as per reports on Friday evening.
More than 100 relief camps, sheltering over 15,000 people, have been opened, while another 125 relief distribution centres are also functional.
Houses, cattle sheds, roads, bridges, embankments and other infrastructure have been affected or damaged in different districts, the officials added.
Reacting to the Assam situation, Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge hit out at the BJP over flood management in Assam, claiming that people have been squarely betrayed by the “double engine Modi-Shah” promise of making Assam flood free in tweet on X .
The flood situation in Assam is grim. Lakhs of people are affected in 15 districts and 36 people have lost their lives, till now. Congress party stands in solidarity with the people of Assam.
Our heartfelt condolences to the families of the victims. We expect the Modi Govt and…
— Mallikarjun Kharge (@kharge) June 21, 2024
The flood situation in Assam remained grim on Friday with over four lakh people reeling under the deluge in several districts, officials said.
Union Home Minister while campaigning during the Assam Assembly elections in 2021 had sought five years to make the state flood free. “Give the BJP another 5 years and Assam will become a state free of floods. There will never be another flood here,” Shah reportedly said while addressing a rally in Nazira.
