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Assam floods: Death toll climbs to 25, Rajnath Singh to take stock of the situation

Singh along with CM Sarbananda Sonowal is scheduled to make an aerial survey of flood-affected areas

Rajnath Singh

Rajnath Singh

Press Trust of India Guwahati
Home Minister Rajnath Singh will today undertake an aerial survey of flood-affected areas in Assam where the death toll has climed to 25.

Accompanied by Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal, Singh is scheduled to make an aerial survey of flood-affected areas in Nagaon, Morigaon and Kaziranga, an official said.

The Home Minister, who reached the state capital on Saturday, will meet the inmates of a relief camp at Bhakatgaon in Morigaon district.

He will later hold a high-level meeting with Sonowal, ministers of state departments concerned and senior government officials.

The Home Minister is scheduled to leave for the national capital in the evening, the official said.
 

Twenty-five people have lost their lives and nearly 19 lakh have been affected across more than 3,300 villages in 22 districts in the state.

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First Published: Jul 30 2016 | 3:22 PM IST

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