Assam Floods: Death Count Rises To 16, Over 2.5 Lakh People Affected
Dhemaji stays the worst-hit district within the state, adopted via Tinsukia, Majuli and Dibrugarh. (Record)
Guwahati:
Flood waters entered 16 districts of Assam on Friday, affecting over 2.53 lakh other people, whilst the loss of life rely because of the deluge rose to 16 after another particular person died, officers stated.
Dhemaji stays the worst-hit district within the state, adopted via Tinsukia, Majuli and Dibrugarh.
The deluge claimed one existence in Dibrugarh district, in keeping with the day-to-day flood bulletin of the Assam State Crisis Control Authority (ASDMA).
The Brahmaputra river and its tributaries are flowing above the risk stage at a number of puts and feature flooded Dhemaji, Lakhimpur, Biswanath, Udalguri, Darranf, Baksa, Nalbari, Kokrajhar, Barpeta, Nagaon, Golaghat, Jorhat, Majuli, Sivasagar, Dibrugarh and Tinsukia districts, the officers stated.
District government have arrange 142 reduction camps and distribution centres in six districts, the place over 18,000 other people have taken safe haven, the ASDMA stated.
A record from Morigaon stated 80 in line with cent space of the Pobitora Natural world Sanctuary has been inundated, forcing wild animals, together with one-horned Indian rhinos, to transport to within reach highlands.
The sanctuary has greater than 100 rhinos, 1,500 wild buffaloes and hundreds of hogs.
In line with its ranger, the flood waters entered the sanctuary on Thursday and the location is “alarming”.
The deluge has additionally overrun just about 12,000 hectares of agricultural land with status vegetation, the record stated.
The Brahmaputra is flowing above the risk mark at Neamatighat in Jorhat district, Dhubri the town and Tezpur in Sonitpur district, the bulletin stated.
Roads and infrastructure were broken at a number of puts, it added.
