Jankranti News (Assam) : The flood situation in Assam as of Tuesday improved marginally but the condition in Barpeta district of Assam remained grim with another flood death incident. 

The human lives lost till tuesday stands at six.

As of now 1,21,247 people are still in distress due to the floods in Bajali, Baksa, Barpeta, Biswanath, Darrang, Dibrugarh, Golaghat, Kamrup, Lakhimpur, Nalbari and Tamulpur districts.

Barpeta still remains the worst affected district with 67,057 people still suffering in floods, followed by Bajali with 41,280 people and Lakhimpur with 9,250 people.

At present 514 villages in 22 revenue circles are under water and 2389.23 hectares of crop areas have been damaged across Assam due to the floods. 

The State authorities are running a total of 115 relief camps and distribution centres in eight districts of Assam where 713 people including 329 women and 47 children are taking shelter.

Massive erosion has been witnessed in Biswanath, Bongaigaon, Chirang, Dhubri, Kokrajhar, Nalbari, Sonitpur, Tinsukia and Udalguri districts of Assam. 

Due to floods the incidents of roads damages occurred across 60 locations in Bajali, Barpeta, Biswanath, Dhubri, Karimganj and Nalbari districts. 

As of now around 84,697 animals (Small, Big and Poultry) remain affected in five districts in the last 24 hours.

To a relief as of now no river across Assam is currently flowing above the danger level due to decrease in rainfall. 

Arnab Sarma Report

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Dibrugarh, Assam.