A ou d
86,800
people
a e
still
affected
by
the
floods
i
Golaghat,
Jo hat,
Nagao
a d
Sivasaga .
NEW
DELHI:
The
flood
situatio
i
Assam
showed
sig s
of
imp oveme t
o
Wed esday,
with
the
umbe
of
people
affected
falli g
to
a ou d
87,000
ac oss
fou
dist icts.
Howeve ,
the
death
toll
f om
this
yea ‘s
floods
ose
to
103
afte
two
mo e
people
died
i
the
past
24
hou s.The
latest
figu es
f om
the
Assam
State
Disaste
Ma ageme t
Autho ity
showed
that
o e
pe so
d ow ed
i
Sivasaga
a d
a othe
i
Ka bi
A glo g.A ou d
86,800
people
a e
still
affected
by
the
floods
i
Golaghat,
Jo hat,
Nagao
a d
Sivasaga .
Golaghat
emai s
the
wo st-hit
dist ict,
with
mo e
tha
42,000
people
affected.
Nagao
has
a ou d
20,000
affected
eside ts,
while
Sivasaga
has
about
15,000.The
situatio
has
eve theless
imp oved
compa ed
with
Tuesday,
whe
ea ly
1.13
lakh
people
we e
affected
ac oss
the
fou
dist icts.Autho ities
a e
co ti ui g
elief
ope atio s
i
the
affected
a eas.
A
total
of
79
elief
camps
a d
dist ibutio
ce t es
a e
cu e tly
ope ati g
ac oss
five
dist icts,
p ovidi g
assista ce
to
13,011
people.Ove
the
past
24
hou s,
elief
age cies
dist ibuted
ea ly
96.55
qui tals
of
ice,
18.26
qui tals
of
dal,
5.41
qui tals
of
salt
a d
mo e
tha
204
lit es
of
musta d
oil
amo g
flood-affected
families.
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Despite
the
imp oveme t,
the
floods
co ti ue
to
damage
homes,
fa mla d
a d
i f ast uctu e.
Acco di g
to
ASDMA,
433
villages
emai
u de wate ,
while
mo e
tha
10,884
hecta es
of
c op
la d
have
bee
damaged
ac oss
the
state.Floodwate s
have
also
damaged
emba kme ts,
oads,
b idges
a d
othe
i f ast uctu e
i
seve al
dist icts.The
Dha si i
Rive
at
Numaliga h
co ti ues
to
flow
above
the
da ge
ma k,
addi g
to
co ce s
i
the
affected
a eas.The
floods
have
also
affected
livestock.
Mo e
tha
32,900
domestic
a imals
a d
poult y
have
bee
impacted
ac oss
Assam.While
the
ove all
umbe
of
people
affected
has
decli ed,
the
isi g
death
toll
a d
co ti ui g
damage
to
villages,
fa mla d
a d
i f ast uctu e
show
that
the
flood
c isis
is
fa
f om
ove .
