Assam flood situation improving; toll rises to 91

Assam's overall flood situation improved considerably on Monday though one person lost his life due to drowning taking the total death toll to 91, an official report said.

A population of 42,921 in eight of the 33 districts are currently affected by the floods, though the water level of the Brahmaputra and its tributaries are showing a receding trend, the Assam State Disaster Management Authority (ASDMA) said in its bulletin.

The number of affected people was nearly 88,000 in 10 districts on Sunday.

Flood water claimed one life at Bajali in Barpeta district taking the total death toll to 91 since Sunday night, the ASDMA said.

The affected districts are Darrang, Barpeta, Chirang, Morigaon, Nagaon, Hojai, Jorhat and Cachar.

Morigaon is the worst affected district with a population of 25,888 reeling under the flood water, followed by Barpeta with 9,554 and Jorhat with 3,762 people affected.

The flood victims are returning to their homes but 2,816 people are still lodged in 11 relief camps at Chirang, Chirang, Morigaon, Nagaon and Jorhat districts.

A total crop area of 16,221 hectares of land was still under flood water.

The rivers flowing above the danger level include the Brahmaputra at Neamatighat in Jorhat, the Dhansiri at Numaligarh in Golaghat, the Desang at Nanglamuraghat in Sibsagar and the Kushiara in Karimganj, the ASDMA added.