Floods across Assam claimed lives of at least 21 people in the last 24 hours, taking the toll to 31, according to the Assam State Disaster Management Authority (ASDMA). The flood report revealed that 13 people died in the Sivasagar district, five in Charaideo, two in Golaghat and one in Jorhat in the last 24 hours.
The flood situation in Assam remained grim, with waters submerging 24,210.35 hectares of crop area and affecting 872 villages across 44 revenue circles.
Over 5.64 lakh people affected
Over 5.64 lakh people were affected across 16 districts, including Golaghat, Kamrup, Hojai, Dibrugarh, Biswanath, Dhemaji, Sonitpur, Udalguri, Nagaon, Charaideo, Kamrup (M), Jorhat, Tinsukia, Karbi Anglong, Lakhimpur and Sivasagar, news agency ANI reported.
Sivasagar emerged as the worst-affected district, with over 3.59 lakh people affected, followed by Jorhat with 87,662, Charaideo with 72,646, Dibrugarh with 18,615 and Golaghat with 16,799.
More than 1.14 lakh people have taken shelter in 273 relief camps and relief distribution centres set up by district administrations in the flood-affected areas.
Meanwhile, the Indian Army, the Indian Air Force, the NDRF, the SDRF, the police, and the local administration are engaged in relief and rescue operations across the affected areas.
The National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) rescued five people from flood-affected Seleng Ghat near Seleng Tea Estate under Teok Revenue Circle in Assam's Jorhat district following an alert from the District Disaster Management Authority (DDMA) on July 19.
An NDRF team led by Inspector KB Nath, under the supervision of N.K. Tiwari, Deputy Commandant, 1st Battalion NDRF, was deployed to the affected area.
The search and rescue team rescued a young girl trapped on the roof of her submerged house, a man who was being swept away by strong currents and three women stranded amid the floodwaters.
An elderly woman was found in critical condition after suffering severe hypothermia due to prolonged exposure to cold floodwater. The rescue team evacuated all five victims, administered pre-hospital treatment, particularly to the elderly woman, and shifted them safely to a designated relief centre for further medical care and rehabilitation.
