Assam flood situation improves, Brahmaputra water level falls

In signs of easing of flood situation in Assam, floodwaters today receded and water levels of the river Brahmaputra and its tributaries were falling gradually even as 1.27 lakh people in ten districts remained affected by the calamity.
The Assam State Disaster Management Authority (ASDMA) said with the decline in the population hit by the deluge, the number of relief camps has also come down to 44 with 14,398 people taking shelter there.
The affected districts are Jorhat, Golaghat, Bongaigaon, Dhemaji, Barpeta, Dhubri, Morigaon, Kokrajhar, Goalpara and Chirang where 175 villages and 4.75 lakh hectares were affected, the ASDMA said.

Nearly three lakh people were suffering till yesterday in the 10 districts.
The death toll in the current wave of floods stood at 34 across the state.
The Brahmaputra is flowing above the danger mark only in Dhubri district, the ASDMA added.