Guwahati: Over 2.42 lakh inmates are staying in 218 camps in Assam’s Kokrajhar, Chirang, Bongaigaon, Dhubri and Barpeta districts and 1,540 new inmates have taken shelter in relief camps at trouble-torn Kokrajhar and Chirang till Saturday, official sources said on Sunday.
In Dhubri, no person has either joined or left any relief camp since Saturday, the sources said. Official sources said 1,390 Bodo inmates have taken shelter in Salakati and Deborgaoon camps in Kokrajhar, while 150 Muslim inmates have joined the camp at Basugaon (Chirang) fearing attacks.
Dhubri has the highest number of inmates (1,46,091) in 132 camps. In Bongaigaon, 7,938 inmates are now left in nine camps, the sources said. (PTI)
