Guwahati: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi asked party members in Assam on Thursday to keep helping with rescue and recovery efforts. He also expressed his condolences for the Assam floods’ fatal toll.
“My thoughts are with our brothers and sisters in Assam facing unprecedented floods. Heartfelt condolences to the bereaved families,” Gandhi said on Twitter.
“I urge Congress workers and leaders to continue extending assistance to rescue & rehabilitation operations,” the former Congress chief said.
Assam’s devastating floods have claimed the lives of up to 12 more individuals, four of them were children in the past 24 hours.
With this, the state’s total number of fatalities from landslides and floods reached 100.
Four of the 12 recorded deaths came from the Hojai area, two from the Kamrup district, and three each from the Barpeta and Nalbari districts.
Meanwhile, over 54.7 lakh people have been impacted in 4,941 villages across 32 districts and 112 revenue circles of Assam, according to the Assam State Disaster Management Authority (ASDMA).
The districts that are still affected by the flood waters are Bajali, Baksa, Barpeta, Biswanath, Bongaigaon, Cachar, Chirang, Darrang, Dhemaji, Dhubri, Dibrugarh, Dima-Hasao, Goalpara, Golaghat, Hailakandi, Hojai, Kamrup, Kamrup Metropolitan, Karbi Anglong West, Karimganj, Kokrajhar, Lakhimpur, Majuli, Morigaon, Nagaon, Nalbari, Sivasagar, Sonitpur, South Salmara, Tamulpur, Tinsukia and Udalguri.
A total of 845 relief camps and 1025 relief distribution centres have been set up by the district administrations in the affected districts where over 2.71 lakh people are taking shelter.