Assam Floods 2022: The worst-affected districts are Cachar, Dima Hasao, Hojai, Nagaon, Charaideo, Darrang, Dhemaji, Dibrugarh, Bajali, Baksa, Biswanath and Lakhimpur.
The flood situation in Assam worsened on Thursday with the death toll mounting to nine and over 6.5 lakh people getting displaced. According to reports, people in at least 27 of the 34 districts have been affected by the floods | Photo: Social media
The worst-affected districts are Cachar, Dima Hasao, Hojai, Nagaon, Charaideo, Darrang, Dhemaji, Dibrugarh, Bajali, Baksa, Biswanath and Lakhimpur. Social media sites are abuzz with photographs showing the devastation in these districts | Photo: Social media
The Assam State Disaster Management Authority (ASDMA) on Thursday said as much as 46,160.43 hectare of crop area have been inundated in the current wave of flood and massive erosion have been recorded in Barpeta, Bongaigaon, Charaideo, Chirang, Darrang, Dhubri, Dibrugarh, Kamrup Metropolitan, Nalbari, Sivasagar, Sonitpur, Tamulpur, Tinsukia and Udalguri districts | Photo: Social media
The Indian Army and paramilitary forces along with teams of NDRF, SDRF and the civic administration are making efforts to evacuate all the affected people and house them at higher grounds | Photo: Social media
Union Home Minister Amit Shah had said, “Concerned about the situation in the wake of heavy rainfall in parts of Assam. Spoke to Chief Minister Himanta Biswa to take stock of the situation. NDRF teams are already been deployed. Assured all possible help from the central government” | Photo: Social media
“Out of the 56 affected locations, in around 12 locations restoration work has been completed but the work in major affected areas is yet to start due to the inclement weather,” an NFR official told IANS. | Photo: Social media
According to Defence Spokesman Lt. Colonel Angom Bobin Singh, two columns of Army and Assam Rifles men from Masimpur Garrison hurried for flood rescue operations in various parts of the district after receiving an urgent request from Cachar’s Deputy Commissioner Keerthi Jalli | Photo: Social media
Several minister of Assam and politicians have reached the flood-affected areas of the state and are rendering support to the displaced people of the state, said officials of the Assam government on Thursday | Photo: Social media
According to reports, authorities in Tripura, Mizoram, and southern Assam have assured that there are sufficient stockpiles of basics and transportation fuel, and that if anyone or any merchant tries to engage in illegal hoarding or raise prices, the government will take action | Photo: Social media
In Silchar, BJP’s Lok Sabha Member Rajdeep Roy, MLA Dipayan Chakraborty and Cachar District Deputy Commissioner Keerthi Jalli in a joint media briefing urged the people not to panic as the administration is striving its best to ensure the supply of essentials and fuels | Photo: Social media
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