Barpeta: The flood situation in Assam has been gradually improving, but still, nearly 2.72 lakh people in 15 districts are affected According to the Assam State Disaster Management Authority (ASDMA), 874 villages under 37 revenue circles in Bajali, Baksa, Barpeta, Darrang, Dhubri, Dibrugarh, Goalpara, Golaghat, Jorhat, Kamrup, Lakhimpur, Nagaon, Nalbari, and Tamulpur districts are currently underwater.
1.70 lakh people have been affected alone in Barpeta district, while 60707 people are affected in Bajali, 22060 in Lakhimpur, and 10351 in Nalbari district.
The flood waters have submerged 5936.63 hectares of cropland in the flood-hit districts. The administration has set up 61 relief camps and 104 relief distribution centres, and 43064 people are still taking shelter in the relief camps. In the last 24 hours, the flood waters washed away 222 animals in the Nalbari district, damaged 1290 houses in Nalbari and Tamulpur districts, breached 3 embankments, damaged 7 embankments, 50 roads, 3 bridges, several Anganwadi centres, agri bundh, culverts, and irrigation canals.