The overall flood situation continued to be grim in Assam with over
six lakh people affected across 14 districts till Sunday evening July 24,2016 after
one more person died in Lakhimpur increasing the flood-related death
toll to seven this year.
An Assam Disaster Management Authority
(ASDMA) official said that the flood have inundated large areas in
Tinsukia district, besides Lakhimpur, Golaghat, Morigaon, Jorhat,
Dhemaji, Sivsagar, Kokrajhar, Barpeta, Bongaigaon, Nagaon, Dhubri,
Dibrugarh and Chirang districts, which have remained flooded since the
last few days.
"As on
today (Sunday July 24,2016), 6,41,043 people in 1,206 villages in the 14 districts
remained affected due to the current flash of floods. The concerned
district administrations have opened 81 relief camps in the flood hit
districts housing 21,931 marooned people," an ASDMA official said.
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