Assam flood situation remains grim, nearly 1.4 mn people affected

The flood situation in Assam has shown no signs of improvement, with nearly 14 lakh people across 26 districts continuing to grapple with the deluge as of Friday, according to an official report.

A number of major rivers, including the Brahmaputra, were flowing over the danger level in different parts of the state, it added.

The toll in this year's floods, storms and lightings has reached 99.

The report said 13,99,948 people remained affected in 83 revenue circles and 2,545 villages spread across 26 districts.

The affected districts are Cachar, Barpeta, Kamrup, Nagaon, Dhubri, Biswanath, Golaghat, Goalpara, Hailakandi, Sivsagar, Dibrugarh, Morigaon, Tinsukia, Nalbari, Dhemaji, South Salmara, Lakhimpur, Karimganj, Charaideo, Bongaigaon, Kokrajhar, Darrang, Jorhat, Kamrup Metropolitan, Majuli and Chirang.

The affected population as on Wednesday was 14,38,900 in 25 districts.

Dhubri remained the worst-hit district with 2,41,186 affected, followed by Cachar (1,60,889) and Darrang ...