Guwahati: Over 15.18 lakh people have been affected by the current wave of flood that has inundated vast areas in 23 districts out of the total 32 districts of Assam even as many rain-fed rivers continued to flow above the danger mark all over the state.
As the flood situation has remained critical, Governor of the state Banwarilal Purohit on Tuesday visited flood affected Nagaon district and spent time with the flood hit people in the relief camps.
Brahmaputra and its tributaries have flooded parts of Nagaon district affecting more than 30 thousand people in five revenue circles prompting district administration to set up eight relief camps and nine distribution centres in the district.
The Governor asked Deputy Commissioner to take care of the medical facilities of the camp inmates especially aged people, lactating mothers and babies. He also asked Police to ensure security of camp inmates.
Purohit visited Kaliabor revenue circle where flood water has inundated several revenue villages. He visited the relief camps at Silghat Balika LP School in Bihdubi No.1/2 village, Salona Bapuji High School, Amlokhi ME and High school, Kalapani village and talked to the camp inmates and assured all possible help from the administration to lessen their plight.
The main channel Brahmaputra River is flowing above the red mark in Dibrugarh, Jorhat, Sonitpur, Goalpara and Dhubri while many of the tributaries on the river including Burhidihing, Subansiri, Dikhow, Dhansiri, Jia Bharali, Puthimari, Beki, Sankosh were flowing above the danger level, according to the report of Assam State Disaster Management Authority.
The affected districts included Lakhimpur, Bongaigaon, Darrang, Jorhat, Golaghat, Cachar, Dhemaji, Biswanath, Karimganj, Sonitpur, Majuli, Barpeta, Nagaon, Nalbari, Sivasagar, Morigaon, Chirang, Dibrugarh, Dhubri, Kokrajhar, South Salmara, Charaideo, Goalpara. Total 2498 villages under 82 Revenue Circle have been inundated so far. Total crop area affected by the flood so far is 1,40,837.42 hectares.
Maximum number of 3.10 lakh people have been affected in the worst-hit Lakhimpur district followed by over 2.82 lakh in South Salmara and 1.94 lakh in Dhemaji. The government has set up total 93 flood relief distribution centres in the affected districts. About 49,000 flood-hit have taken shelter in 115 relief camps so far.
Centre for Wildlife Rehabilitation and Conservation (CWRC) at Kaziranga Park, the jointly-run wildlife care facility of Assam Forest Department and International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW) and Wildlife Trust of India (WTI) has attended nine hog deer rescue cases in the present flood crisis in Kaziranga National Park on Tuesday. Out of these three were released back to the wild while two seriously injured deer died during treatment and one is under care at CWRC. Three were found dead on arrival of the rescue team.
(EoM)