Assam flood situation improves as water recedes; over 12,000 affected

The flood situation in Assam further improved on Friday as the water receded from four more districts and currently 12,528 people and 5,375 hectare of cropland across six districts are affected, a government bulletin said.

Flood water ebbed from Bongaigaon, Goalpara, Kamrup and Nagaon districts since Thursday when 84,100 people in 177 villages of 10 districts were hit by the calamity.

Goalpara has been the worst-affected district for the last several days.

The Assam State Disaster Management Authority (ASDMA) said in its bulletin that only Dhemaji, Baksa, Chirang, Kokrajhar, Kamrup Metropolitan and Morigaon districts are affected by the deluge now.

Kokrajhar is now the