Chandigarh, Aug. 1 (PTI): Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar on Thursday announced that the state government will give INR 5 crore for the assistance of persons affected with floods in Assam.
The amount will be sent to the Assam Chief Minister's Relief Fund, an official statement said here.
According to the flood bulletin of Assam State Disaster Management Agency (ASDMA), a population of 3,64,553 in 459 villages of 12 districts in the state are currently affected by the floods. However, the flood situation improved considerably on Thursday with the water level of all the major rivers and its tributaries receding and life was slowly returning to normal in the flood affected districts of the north-eastern state.
There was no report of any fresh casualty due to floods and the death toll in the current wave of floods stays at 86 there.
Flood situation improves considerably in Assam
Assam's flood situation improved considerably on Thursday with the water level of all the major rivers and its tributaries receding and life was slowly returning to normal in the flood affected districts.
A population of 3,64,553 in 459 villages of 12 districts are curently affected by the floods, accoding to the flood bulletin of Assam State Disaster Management Agency (ASDMA).
The marooned districts are Dhemaji, Darrang, Barpeta, Biswanath, Sonitpur, Chirang, Kamrup, Morigaon, Nagaon, Golaghat, Jorhat and Charaideo.
There was no report of any fresh casaulty due to floods and the death toll in the current wave of floods stays at 86.
The flood-hit people are returning to their homes with 3,795 inmates currently lodged in 33 relief camps at Barpeta, Chirang, Morigaon, Nagaon and Jorhat.
The water level of River Brahmaputra at Neamatighat in Jorhat and Dhubri; Dhansiri at Numaligarh in Golaghat, Jia Bharali at N.T. Rd Xing in Sonitpur and Beki ar Rd. Bridge in Barpeta, the report added.
