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Tuesday, September 8, 2015

80% of Assam submerged under water; toll rises to 42

  • 18 lakh people affected
  • 1,880 villages affected
  • 20 out of 27 Districts affected
  • 1.38 lakh people in relief camps
  • 1.1 lakh Hectares of Crop Land Submerged
The worst hit is Dhubri district where nearly 4.5 lakh people have been affected due to floods, followed by Morigaon with more than 2.6 lakh people

Authorities are running 308 relief camps in Kokrajhar, Bongaigaon, Barpeta, Cachar, Dhemaji, Tinsukia, Sonitpur, Nalbari, Dibrugarh, Morigaon, Nagaon, Golaghat, Kamrup, Goalpara and Dhubri sheltering nearly 1.4 lakh people

Brahmaputra is flowing above its danger level in Jorhat, Goalpara and Dhubri districts.

Burhidehing river is flowing above danger level at Khowang in Dibrugarh, Dhansiri at Numaligarh in Golaghat, Jia Bharali at NT Road crossing in Sonitpur, Kopili at Kampur in Nagaon and

 Kushiyara river is flowing above the red mark at Karimganj town

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