Guwahati: The flood situation in Assam continued to improve with the water maintaining a receding trend, though 1.96 lakh people in 15 districts are still affected by the deluge, an official bulletin said on Tuesday.
Assam Governor Jagdish Mukhi reviewed the schemes of flood and erosion management in the state. Flood waters ebbed from Barpeta and South Salmara districts since Monday and the number of affected people decreased by 1.93 lakh, the Assam State Disaster Management Authority (ASDMA) said in the bulletin.
On Sunday, 19 districts were under water and 8.54 lakh people were hit by the calamity.
This year's flood and landslides have claimed 136 lives across the state so far. While 110 people died in flood-related incidents, 26 were killed in landslides.
Goalpara remained the worst-hit district with around 1.05 lakh people affected, followed by Morigaon with 28,126 and Baksa with 15,000 affected people, the ASDMA said.
The bulletin said that 325 villages and 23,592 hectares of cropland are still underwater. The authorities are running 26 relief camps and distribution centres in seven districts where 4,129 people are currently lodged.
The Brahmaputra is flowing above the danger mark at Dhubri town and at Neamatighat in Jorhat district, while its tributaries Jia Bharali and Kopili are also flowing above the red mark at various places.
Roads and many other infrastructure have been damaged at various places in Chirang, Udalguri and Sivasagar districts, while massive erosions have been witnessed at different places of Udalguri, Baksa and Sivasagar districts, the ASDMA said.