Assam floods claim 16 lives; Army called in, choppers pressed

The flood situation in Assam was grim in Assam today with Air Force choppers pressed into service to evacuate the marooned as the death toll in the deluge mounted to 16.
Around 3.7 lakh people have been affected in the floods.
Army, NDRF and SDRF teams also conducted rescue and relief operations in inundated areas.
According to the flood report by Assam State Disaster Management Authority (ASDMA), eight people have lost their lives in Goalpara district since yesterday.
Kamrup Metro district, which primarily comprise Guwahati city, has witnessed five deaths in the same period. Of these, four deaths have been reported due to landslide and one on account of electrocution, it added.

Two persons died and one more is missing in Boko area of Kamrup Rural district. Also, a child was killed in landslide in Dhubri district's Hatsingimari area.

Authorities have opened 94 relief camps and shelter homes where nearly 85,000 people have been shifted with the Goalpara district becoming the worst-hit in the latest round of floods due to heavy rains in Assam and Meghalaya since Saturday.
The report said 3.7 lakh people are affected in 10 districts. Nearly 1.5 lakh people are hit in Kamrup Rural, while over 1.4 lakh persons are suffering in Goalpara.
Altogether, 12 districts are affected in the flood with 415 villages and nearly 9,000 hectares of crop area are under water, it added.

The affected districts are Goalpara, Kamrup Metro, Kamrup Rural, Dhemaji, Barpeta, Udalguri, Bongaigaon, Kokrajhar, Nalbari, Morigaon, Sonitpur, Darrang and Lakhimpur.
A number of embankments have been breached across the state. In Nalbari, four breaches have been reported in Mora Pagladia, while two cuts are seen in Nonoi river in Darrang.