Flood situation grim in Assam, 7.3L people hit

The flood situation in Assam worsened on Monday, with three more persons losing their lives and over 7.3 lakh people being affected in nearly 1,600 villages.

The Assam State Disaster Management Authority (ASDMA) said in its flood report that two persons died under Dhemaji revenue circle in Dhemaji district. One person died in Sonai revenue circle in Cachar district during the last 24 hours, it said.

With this, the current deluge has claimed 18 lives in the current wave of floods, while the toll in this year’s two waves of flood rose to 23 in the state.

A woman and her minor son were washed away in the Sessa river, which was in spate at <g data-gr-id="20">Thakuthan</g>, on the outskirts of Dibrugarh town when they were going to a relief camp on Sunday night, district administration officials said.

The woman Monika Das, her husband Milon Das and son were washed away in the river. However, locals managed to rescue Milon, while the two others are still not traceable.

ASDMA said over 7.35 lakh people had been affected in 1,597 villages across Dhemaji, Kokrajhar, Bongaigaon, Sonitpur, Barpeta, Goalpara, Morigaon, Cachar, Nagaon, Lakhimpur, Jorhat, Tinsukia, Darrang, Baksa, Nalbari, Udalguri, Kamrup and Dibrugarh districts.

The worst hit was Dhemaji district with over 3.4 lakh people suffering due to the flood followed by Lakhimpur with more than 70,000 people being affected, the ASDMA said.