Guwahati: The Indian Air Force (IAF) claimed to have airlifted 517 tonnes of humanitarian supplies throughout the various flood-affected areas of Assam and Meghalaya over the course of the last six days.
“Relief Operations by IAF continue unabated day and night. Over the past six days, a total of 517 Tons of relief material has been airlifted across various flood affected regions of Assam and Meghalaya,” IAF said in a tweet.
IAF officials claim that the organisation has flown more than 130 humanitarian assurance missions to date and delivered 700 tonnes of supplies for the Assam floods in the previous five days, according to ANI.
Seven different fixed- and rotary-wing aircraft were previously used by the Indian Air Force in various flood-affected locations.
Meanwhile, 139 people have now died in Assam as a result of floods in the last 24 hours, according to official data.
As many as 24,92,913 individuals are still impacted by floods in the state, according to the flood reporting and information management system (FRIMS) run by the Assam government, which publishes daily flood reports.
The floods have impacted 85,673.62 hectares of cropland overall, according to the report.
Even though the situation has improved over the past several days, 2,389 villages in 72 revenue circles throughout 28 districts of the state are still suffering from the consequences of flooding.
The Beki River at Road Bridge, the Kopili River at Dharamtul, and the Brahmaputra River at Neamatighat, per the report, are flowing above danger levels; however, none of the state’s rivers are at present flowing above the greatest flood level.