Several districts affected in Assam due to flood
Guwahati, July 10 (HS): Assam State Disaster Management Authority has stated that as of today a total 530 villages in 24 revenue circles of 11 District Viz. Dhemaji, Lakhimpur, Biswanath, Darrang, Barpeta, Nalbari, Chirang, Golaghat, Majuli, Jorhat and Dibrugarh of Assam have been affected in the second wave of flood.
Total 03 persons have lost their lives due to flood and landslide in the districts of Kamrup (M), Golaghat and Dhemaji. So far, a total of 2,07,098 number of population have been affected in the flood in the 11 districts.
Rivers Brahmaputra in Jorhat and Sonitpur, Dikhou in Sivasagar, Dhansiri in Golaghat, Jia Bharali in Sonitpur and Beki in Barpeta districts are flowing above danger level.
The NDRF (National Disaster Response Force) and SDRF (State Disaster Response Force) teams have been pressed into service in the flood affected areas for search and rescue operation. Presently, 13 numbers of camps are operational in Dhemaji, Lakhimpur, Golaghat and Jorhat districts with 249 inmates and 10 Relief Distribution Centres in the districts of Dhemaji, Lakhimpur, Golaghat and Jorhat.
