Dibrugarh (Assam): Locals on Thursday took to sowing paddy crop on a muddy road in Dibrugarh's Chabua to protest against its poor condition and to seek urgent government intervention.
A local said that the children of the village had to face a lot of difficulties in going to school and elsewhere.
"We are facing a lot of inconveniences. The children of the village had to face a lot of difficulties in going to school and elsewhere. Sometimes, even sick people die as ambulances are unable to comer here. I request the government to construct a road here," local said.
Meanwhile, the Assam deluge continues to be a matter of concern for the government. An official informed seven more people died in flood-related incidents in Assam on Wednesday and nearly 36 lakh people across 28 districts are affected. According to the daily flood report of the Assam State Disaster Management Authority (ASDMA), three people died in Morigaon district, two in Barpeta, while one each in Sonitpur and Golaghat districts.
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So far, 92 people have died in flood-related incidents in the state, it said. While 66 people died in floods, 26 were killed in landslides.
The deluge-hit districts were Dhemaji, Lakhimpur, Biswanath, Sonitpur, Darrang, Baksa, Nalbari, Barpeta, Chirang, Bongaigaon, Kokrajhar, Dhubri, South Salmara, Goalpara, Kamrup, Kamrup Metropolitan, Morigaon, Nagaon, Hojai, Golaghat, Jorhat, Majuli, Sivasagar, Dibrugarh, Tinsukia and Karbi Anglong.
With inputs from agencies
