Severe floods continued to ravage large swathes of Assam on July 3, displacing at least 11.50 lakh people across 23 districts. All major rivers, including the Brahmaputra and its tributaries, surged above the danger mark, according to an official statement, news agency PTI reported.
The death toll from this year’s floods, landslides, and storms has reached 48.
In response to the rapidly worsening situation, Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma personally visited the Golaghat area, where embankments had collapsed. In order to speed up relief and restoration, he conducted surveys of flood-affected areas, spoke to the people affected by the flood, and held meetings with officials. Sarma has called a cabinet meeting later on July 3 to evaluate the situation.
Barpeta, Biswanath, Cachar, Charaideo, Chirang, Darrang, Dhemaji, Dibrugarh, Golaghat, Jorhat, Kamrup Metropolitan, Karbi Anglong, Karimganj, Lakhimpur, Majuli, Morigaon, Nagaon, Nalbari, Sivasagar, Sonitpur, Tamulpur, Tinsukia, and Udalguri districts have been most affected by the floods.
Lakhimpur stands as the worst-hit district with over 1.65 lakh people affected, followed closely by Darrang with more than 1.47 lakh people and Golaghat with almost 1.07 lakh people battling floodwaters, the report confirmed.
The situation is dire in Kaziranga National Park, where extensive forest areas lie submerged that led to the drowning of a baby rhino. Sarma has directed stringent measures, including traffic regulation on the national highway, to safeguard wildlife from being harmed.
The State Disaster Response Force (SDRF), National Disaster Response Force (NDRF), Emergency Services, Air Force, and civil administration have concentrated their efforts on rescue and relief activities in the affected areas.
More than 2.90 lakh people have taken shelter in 490 relief camps set up by district governments for the displaced.
The problems encountered by local authorities have been made worse by the unrelenting onslaught of floodwaters, which has seriously damaged roads, bridges, embankments, and other vital infrastructure.
Assam remains in a state of heightened alert as the incessant rain continued to pose a threat, with authorities and relief agencies maintaining round-the-clock vigilance to mitigate further losses and assist those affected by the disaster.
(With inputs from agencies)
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