Two people drowned in flood-hit Assam on Sunday, taking the death toll in the State to 45 since May.
Officials of the Assam State Disaster Management Authority (ASDMA) said five of the State’s 33 districts continue to be affected, with the Brahmaputra and two of its tributaries – Dhansiri and Jia Bharali – flowing above the danger mark.
“A person each died in Dhemaji and Golaghat district and about 1.04 lakh people have been affected. The district authorities have set up 128 relief camps housing 26,764 people,” an ASDMA officer said.
The worst hit among the five districts is Golaghat with 93,100 people being displaced. Lakhimpur follows with 5,652 affected people, trailed by 4,193 people in Dhemaji.
Officials of the ASDMA said crops on 8,869.02 hectares had been destroyed across the flood-hit districts so far.
Blame game
ASDMA officials blamed the devastation in Golaghat district on sudden release of excess water by the public sector North East Electric Power Corporation Limited’s Doyang dam on the Assam-Nagaland border.
