Flood death toll

Guwahati, May 25: The flood situation in Assam improved even as the death toll reached to 26 and over 5.8 lakh people still remained affected across 17 districts. With the death of two more people, the toll of death due to floods and landslides in the state has climbed to 26.

According to Assam State Disaster Management Authority (ASDMA), one person died at Kampur in the Nagaon district and another at Udharbond in the Cachar district. Reporting further, ASDMA said that more than 5,80,100 persons are still affected by the flood in the 17 districts of the state.

These seventeen districts are Cachar, Darrang, Dima Hasao, Goalpara, Golaghat, Hailakandi, Hojai, Jorhat, Kamrup, Kamrup Metropolitan, Karbi-Anglong West, Karimganj, Lakhimpur, Morigaon, Nagaon, Nalbari, and Sonitpur. Of these 17 districts, Nagaon is the worst hit with over 3.46 lakh people affected by the deluge, followed by Cachar with nearly 1.78 lakh persons and Morigaon with more than 40,900 people, according to the daily flood report of the ASDMA. It is significant to mention that till Saturday over 6.5 lakh people were affected by the deluge across 22 districts in the state.

Assam CM Himanta Biswa Sarma on May 24 visited the areas affected by the massive rains in the Dima Hasao district. He said a majority of the road and power supply network, water supply and irrigation infrastructure, and hanging bridges have been badly damaged by the natural disaster.

 “The developing works that had been done in districts for last five to ten years are almost damaged,” he added. CM Sarma said the state government officials will soon visit Haflong and do an impact assessment of the damage done to the government infrastructure providing essential citizen services like transportation, power, etc.

 

“After the detailed reports, the government will re-build and construct the damages with new schemes. The state government will soon sanction an amount to North Cachar Hills Autonomous Council (NCHAC) for re-construction of small damages for surface communication,” Sarma said.

Sarma while visiting the relief camps and interacting with the inmates there, also held a discussion with the Dima Hasao district administration and reviewed the preliminary destruction caused due to landslides.

Assam chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma shared the glimpse on Twitter and said that “Visited temporary relief camps in Lower Haflong High school & LP school along with officials & leaders and interacted with inmates. Reviewed medical & other facilities. Asked DC to look after their needs & help them repair their houses. There are total of 149 inmates.”

CM also met the family members of three persons who lost their lives to floods in Haflong.

 

Chief Minister also took reviewed the preliminary destruction caused by landslides at Haflong and other parts of the district. He stressed on immediate resumption of full-scale transportation in the district and laid emphasis on the restoration of roads damaged by landslides.

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The Chief Minister said that the government both at the Centre and State will help North Cachar Hills Autonomous Council with adequate funds to tide over the present crisis.

He further informed that the government is working on finding a permanent solution so that heavy rainfall-induced landslides can be averted. He also informed that a Central Team will visit Dima Hasao on May 27 to assess the extent of loss caused by a rain-induced landslide in the district.

 

Notably, he also announced that the central team would visit Dima Hasao, one of the worst affected districts in the recent floods to do a damage assessment and submit a report to the central and state government.