: Assam floods: Toll rises to 127, CM says situation in Silchar is ‘man-made’ disaster #IndiaNEWS Five more persons died due to floods in Assam on Sunday, taking the cumulative tally in the state

Assam floods: Toll rises to 127, CM says situation in Silchar is ‘man-made’ disaster #IndiaNEWS
Five more persons died due to floods in Assam on Sunday, taking the cumulative tally in the state to 127, the state disaster management authority said.The five fatalities were reported from Barpeta, Darrang, Cachar, Morigaon and Karimganj districts. Of these, four were children.The total number of persons affected by the floods is 22,21,577 in the 28 districts of the state. The figure has come down from 33,03,316 on Friday. On Thursday, 45,34,048 persons were affected by the deluge in 30 districts.Crops across 74,706.77 hectares of land have been damaged. Barpeta is the worst-hit district in terms of damage to agricultural land with crops across 26,451.50 hectares of land destroyed in the region.The worst flood-affected district in the state is also Barpeta with 6,95,617 persons in distress. In Nagaon, 5,12,778 persons are affected, followed by Cachar with 2,77,158 persons and Kamrup with 1,99,506 persons.Seventy-five revenue circles and 2,542 villages are hit by the deluge.The state disaster management authority said that 116 relief distribution centres are active in the state. A total of 564 relief camps have been set up and 2,17,413 residents have taken refuge in them. Of these, 61,878 are children.Across 15 districts, 15,90,557 animals are reported to be affected.#WATCH | For Assam flood relief ops,IAF deployed 7 types of fixed&rotary-wing...Read more

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