The flood situation in Assam showed marginal improvement on Saturday, though nearly 6.55 lakh people across six districts continue to be affected. Four more deaths were reported in the past 24 hours, taking the toll from this year’s floods in the state to 66.
According to the Assam State Disaster Management Authority (ASDMA), three of the latest deaths were reported from Sivasagar and one from Charaideo.
The number of people impacted by the floods declined from over 7.05 lakh across nine districts on Friday to 6,54,800 across six districts, Charaideo, Dibrugarh, Golaghat, Jorhat, Nagaon and Sivasagar, on Saturday.
Sivasagar remains the worst-affected district, with nearly 2.9 lakh people facing the impact of the floods. It is followed by Charaideo, where around 1.9 lakh people have been affected, and Jorhat, with more than 1.3 lakh people affected.
The ASDMA said the administration is running 274 relief camps and distribution centres across the six districts, providing assistance to 18,902 displaced people.
The agency’s daily bulletin stated that 810 villages remain submerged, while 34,970.8 hectares of crop land have been damaged across Assam. Floodwaters have also caused damage to embankments, roads, bridges and other infrastructure.
The Dikhou and Dhansiri rivers continue to flow above the danger mark in Sivasagar and Numaligarh, respectively.
(With inputs from PTI)