Assam Floods: 18 lakh people affected, toll mounts to 21

Flood situation in Assam has worsened as five more people were killed in the current deluge related tragedies in the state. The fresh causalities have taken the death toll to 21, even as nearly 18 lakh people are reeling under the flood impact.

Assam State Disaster Management Authority (ASDMA) Joint Secretary Nandita Hazarika told PTI that reports of five deaths in the floods poured in today, taking the toll in the current calamity to 21 so far.

Giving the break-up the ASDMA said, in Barpeta district, three persons have lost their lives at Barpeta town, Sarupeta and Barnagar.

Hazarika said one person died at Gogamukh in Dhemaji due to rising water while one more person perished at Dotma in Kokrajhar district of Lower Assam.

She said with the five deaths, the overall flood toll now escalated to 21.

In the current wave of flood, nearly 18 lakh people are suffering across 3,374 villages in 22 districts, the officer said.

The affected districts are Lakhimpur Golaghat, Jorhat, Bongaigaon, Dhemaji, Barpeta, Goalpara, Dhubri, Darrang, Morigaon, Sonitpur, Nalbari, Sivasagar, Kokrajhar, Dibrugarh, Tinsukia, Biswanath, Kamrup Metropolitan, Chirang, Nagaon, Kamrup and South Kamrup.