Food items being distributed to flood-affected people at a relief camp, in Nagaon district of Assam, on July 9, 2024. | Photo Credit: PTI “The flood situation in Assam improved marginally on July 10 with water levels of major rivers showing a receding trend, reducing the affected population to 1.7 million across 26 districts,” according … Read more
Villagers travel in a boat through a flooded area following heavy rainfall, at Khandhakhati village in Morigaon. File | Photo Credit: ANI GUWAHATI The second wave of floods in Assam claimed the lives of eight people — the most in a 24-hour phase — on Wednesday, taking the death toll since May to 46. The … Read more
File photo of villagers travelling in a boat as they wade through a flooded area after heavy rainfall, in Morigaon | Photo Credit: ANI A Central team has asked the Assam government to submit geo-tagged photographs of real-time damage to infrastructure due to floods. It also suggested the State include a list of damage caused … Read more
ssam’s flood situation continued to improve as the affected population decreased to around 68,000 on Saturday, an official bulletin said. With no new deaths reported, the toll in this year’s flood and landslides remained at 38. No major river in the state is currently flowing over the danger level, the bulletin said. The Assam State … Read more
There was no improvement Tuesday in the grim flood situation in Assam as the death toll rose by two to reach 87, while 24.19 lakh people in 24 districts are affected, a government report said. According to the daily flood bulletin by the Assam State Disaster Management Authority (ASDMA), one person died at Raha in … Read more