More than 1.6 million people have been displaced in unabated flooding in the northeast, with Assam and Manipur the hardest hit by incessant rainfall.Floods have affected many lives in parts of Bihar, Assam and other areas in Northeast India. Several villages remain underwater, displacing families. PCF together with our grassroots partners are working on the ground, providing relief material to people struggling for the basics. Incessant heavy rainfall have been wreaking havoc across India, with several states dealing with floods and evacuations. The worst hit among them are Gujarat, Assam, West Bengal, Rajasthan and Odisha.
Floods and landslides in Arunachal Pradesh and Assam have so far claimed lives of 11 people while at least eight persons are missing since June 2023
The flood situation in Assam continued to remain grim with rising water levels of the Brahmaputra and Barak rivers inundating fresh areas in the state and impacting over 55 lakh people across 32 districts. As many as 54,57,601 people, including 11,67, 219 children, from 4,941 villages have been affected. A total of 845 relief camps and 1,026 relief distribution centres have been opened in the affected areas. A total of 2,71,125 people are staying in the relief camps while over 99,026 hectares of crops have been damaged. The water in three rivers – Brahmaputra, Kopili and Disang is flowing above the danger level in several places. Twelve people died Wednesday, taking the total death toll from floods this year to 100. National Disaster Response Force personnel have been engaged in Cachar districts to evacuate people to safe places, while representatives of State Disaster Response Force and other agencies are also deployed in few districts.
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