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The flood situation in Assam worsened on Monday, affecting over 1.05 lakh individuals across eight districts, as per an official bulletin.

 

The Assam State Disaster Management Authority (ASDMA) reported that more than 1,05,700 people were affected by floods in Baksa, Barpeta, Darrang, Dhemaji, Goalpara, Karimganj, Nagaon, and Nalbari districts.

 

Karimganj was the most severely impacted, with over 95,300 people suffering. Nagaon, where nearly 5,000 people were affected, and Dhemaji, with more than 3,600 people reeling under flood waters, followed.

 

Until Sunday, only around 6,000 people were suffering in flood waters across four districts of the state.

 

The total number of casualties from this year's flood, landslide, and storm has reached 34.

 

The local government has established 11 relief camps in a single district, providing shelter to 3,168 individuals, and three relief distribution centres in the same district.

 

Within the last 24 hours, authorities have allocated 21.5 quintals of rice, 3.81 quintals of dal, 1.14 quintals of salt, and 114 litres of mustard oil to assist flood victims.

 

According to the ASDMA, 309 villages are currently submerged, and 1,005.7 hectares of crop areas have suffered damage throughout the state.

 

Flood waters have damaged embankments, roads, bridges, and other infrastructure in Bongaigaon, Chirang, Dhemaji, Goalpara, Hojai, Nagaon, Tamulpur, Darrang, Nalbari, Lakhimpur, and Udalguri.

 

The Kopili river at Kampur is currently above the danger level, as reported by ASDMA.

 

Due to extensive flooding, more than 62,173 domestic animals and poultry have been impacted throughout the state.