Morigaon: The situation of flood continues to remain grim in several parts of Assam with nearly 29.70 lakh people being affected by the calamity in 30 districts of the state.
The Assam State Disaster Management Authority (ASDMA) confirmed the death of 14 people including six children by drowning in flood-affected regions in the last 24 hours taking the total death toll to 173 this year.
In the district of Morigaon, people are forced to stay on roads and embankments as floods devastated most of the areas of the district, hitting the area twice within a month.
Babulal Biswas, a resident of a village in Morigaon district, has been living on the side of the road for over a month. Talking to ANI he said that “We are taking shelter on the road for the last one month, the first wave of flood-hit us badly and the flood waters are still in our house. Now God will know what will happen. The flood waters have also damaged our crops and agricultural lands. How we will live, we don’t know what we will do,”.
The ASDMA flood report stated that more than 1.68 lakh people of Morigaon district are still affected by the deluge. The district administration has set up more than 98 relief camps and have more than 29,000 people lodged in them.
The flood water level is receding in some areas of the district, but people are still facing many problems.