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Assam flood situation improves as number of affected people dips to 2 lakh in 10 districts

Two major rivers, including the Brahmaputra, continued to flow above the danger level

PTI Guwahati Published 20.07.24, 11:35 AM
Villagers repair the embankment breach caused due to floods following rains, in Baksa district

Villagers repair the embankment breach caused due to floods following rains, in Baksa district PTI

The flood situation in Assam improved as the number of affected people dips to 2 lakh in 10 districts, official sources said on Saturday.

Two major rivers, including the Brahmaputra, continued to flow above the danger level.

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The districts reeling under floods are Cachar, Dhemaji, Dhubri, Dibrugarh, Goalpara, Golaghat, Kamrup Metropolitan, Karimganj, Nagaon and Sivasagar.

A total of 2.07 lakh people are still affected, as Nagaon remained the worst hit with over 74,000 people affected, followed by Cachar (36,000) and Dhubri (20,000), the sources said.

Till Thursday, over 2.72 lakh people were affected by the floods in 11 districts of the state.

The total number of people losing their lives in this year's floods, landslides, storms and lightning strikes stands at 113.

Altogether 61 relief camps and relief distribution centres are operational, catering to more than 16,600 affected people. A total of 10,228.36 hectares of cropland remained inundated.

The Brahmaputra was flowing above the danger mark at Dhubri, and Disang at Nanglamuraghat.

Damage to infrastructure such as embankments, houses, roads and bridges has been reported from various affected districts, the sources added.

Except for the headline, this story has not been edited by The Telegraph Online staff and has been published from a syndicated feed.

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