Union Minister Rijiju arrives in Assam to take stock of flood situation
Guwahati, July 13 : While Assam is still struggling with a devastating flood.which has already claimed 45 lives and affected over 1.7 million people of 24 districts out of 32, Union Minister of State for Home, Kiren Rijiju, arrived on Thursday in the state, to take stock of the situation and submit a report to the Centre.
Over 1.7 million people of Lakhimpur, Bongaigaon, Darrang, Jorhat, Golaghat, Cachar, Dhemaji, Biswanath, Karimganj, Sonitpur, Majuli, Barpeta, Nagaon, Nalbari, Sivsagar, Morigaon, Chirang, Dibrugarh, Dhubri, Kokrajhar, South Salmara, Charaideo, Goalpara and Karbi Anglong district are affected by the current flood and the flood waters submerged 1,05,860.01 hectares agricultural land of 2488 villages under 82 revenue circles.
Over 3.03 lakh people are affected alone in flood-hit South Salmara district along the Bangladesh border, while 2.68 lakh affected in Lakhimpur, 1.81 lakh in Morigaon, 1.45 lakh in Dhubri, 1.31 lakh in Dhemaji, 1.01 lakh in Barpeta.
On the other hand, a total of 31,456 people of 16 districts are homeless in the devasting flood and forced to take shelter in 294 temporary relief camps set up by the administration.
The current flood claimed 10 lives in the worst affected Lakhimpur district, with 8 in Kamrup (Metro), 4 in Jorhat, 3 in Golaghat, 2 each in Sivsagar, Sonitpur, Nagaon, Karimganj and one each in Dhemaji, Dibrugarh, Majuli, Nalbari, Barpeta, Goalpara, South Salmara, Cachar, Dima Hasao, Hojai and Morigaon district.
(Reporting by Hemanta Kumar Nath)
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