Goalpara (Assam): The National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) evacuated 56 people from flood-affected areas in Matia, Goalpara on Monday.
Incessant rainfall since the past three days in the state has led to water levels rising in the Brahmaputra and its tributary Krishnai river in the region.
The overflowing of the rivers has severely affected the life of locals in Hawra Ghat village, leaving many locals marooned. An NDRF team, however, reached the flood-affected village and transported the locals to safe places.
The team is also assisting the district administration in the distribution of masks, screening inundated areas, and other guidelines due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Over 1,450 locals have been evacuated during this monsoon season by the 1st Battalion of NDRF Guwahati.
Around 12 search and rescue teams of NDRF are deployed in Assam in districts, including Jorhat, Bongaigaon, Kamrup Metro, Dhubri, Barpeta, Goalpara, Golaghat, Cachar, Sivasagar, Sonitpur, Dhemaji and Tinsukia.
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Besides four search and rescue teams of NDRF have been earmarked to tackle the flood situation. The NDRF control room is also keeping a close watch in other flood-affected areas.
Meanwhile, the floods in Assam have affected 24 districts, causing damages to 1,09,600.53 hectares of crop area and affecting over 24 lakh people in the state, according to the flood situation report by the Assam State Disaster Management Authority (ASDMA). It added that the rising water levels have affected a total of 2,254 villages.
Meanwhile, massive erosion has also been witnessed at different places of Majuli, Baksa, Sonitpur, and Udalguri districts.
Assam Finance Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma and Agriculture Minister Atul Bora visited the flood-ravaged Kaziranga National Park and took stock of the situation of the animals and forest guards.
"The picturesque Kaziranga National Park and its wonderful inhabitants are struggling with the fury of the flood. I made an extensive visit of the Park to gauge the extent of damages, and have instructed officials to do the best we can. My compliments to the staff for their spirited work," Sarma tweeted.
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— Himanta Biswa Sarma (@himantabiswa) July 20, 2020
I made an extensive visit of the Park to gauge the extent of damages, & have instructed officials to do the best we can. My compliments to the staff for their spirited work. pic.twitter.com/QehWCqPi63The picturesque Kaziranga National Park and its wonderful inhabitants are struggling with fury of flood.
— Himanta Biswa Sarma (@himantabiswa) July 20, 2020
I made an extensive visit of the Park to gauge the extent of damages, & have instructed officials to do the best we can. My compliments to the staff for their spirited work. pic.twitter.com/QehWCqPi63
The ASDMA bulletin said that a total of 56 camps out of 223 at Kaziranga National Park and two out of 40 camps at Rajiv Gandhi Orang National Park have been affected by the deluge.
The deluge has so far taken away the lives of 113 different animals, while 140 others were rescued in Kaziranga National Park, the bulletin said quoting DFO of the Eastern Assam Wildlife Division.
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The total number of people losing their lives in this year's flood and landslide has gone up to 111 across the state, of whom 85 people were killed in flood-related incidents and 26 died due to landslides.
The government has set up 276 relief camps and 192 relief distribution centres across the districts to help the people affected by the floods in the state.
(ANI report)
