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Assam flood situation deteriorates, over 4 lakh people affected in 17 districts

Assam flood situation deteriorates, over 4 lakh people affected in 17 districts

TIL Desk/National/Guwahati/ According to the Assam State Disaster Management Authority (ASDMA), three people were killed in rain and flood-related incidents in Golaghat, Dhemaji and Kamrup Metropolitan district. The flood situation in Assam has deteriorated as it spread to 17 districts affecting 4.23 lakh people with many rivers flowing above the danger level in various places, officials said.

According to the Assam State Disaster Management Authority (ASDMA), three people were killed in rain and flood-related incidents in Golaghat, Dhemaji and Kamrup Metropolitan district on Wednesday. The deluge, which had affected 2.5 lakh people in 11 districts on Wednesday, spread to six more districts on Thursday affecting 4.23 lakh people, it said.

The district which have been affected by floods are Dhemaji, Lakhimpur, Biswanath, Darrang, Barpeta, Nalbari, Chirang, Golaghat, Majuli, Jorhat, Dibrugarh, Nagaon, Morigaon, Kokrajhar, Bongaigaon, Baksa and Sonitpur. Barpeta is the worst-affected district with 85,262 people reeling under the impact of the flood. It is closely followed by Dhemaji where 80,219 people have been affected, ASDMA said. As many as 749 villages in 41 revenue circles are under water and 1,843 people have taken shelter in the 53 relief camps and relief distribution centres set up by district administrations, the ASDMA said.

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