Guwahati: An assessment study carried out by global child rights body ‘Save the Children’ has found that the immediate priority for the flood-hit people in Assam was to provide cash assistance so that the affected families were able to meet their basic needs.
“We have conducted an assessment in some of the worst-affected districts, including Barpeta, Jorhat, Golaghat and Sonitpur and are in touch with State Disaster Management Authority and district administrations,” Save the Children India CEO Thomas Chandy said.
The organisation has launched a flood relief programme in Assam and will set up an office in the state to work in the worst-affected districts, he said.
The assessment made by Save the Children found an urgent task was to disinfect the current potable water sources, mainly hand-pumps and provide water purification tablets.
A team from Save the Children has found that cholera cases are beginning to be reported in the Nalbari district due to lack of unavailability of safe water, he said. (PTI )