Guwahati: India’s President Ram Nath Kovind had spoken to Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma over the phone to assess the state’s flood situation on Tuesday.
The chief minister said that the President has inquired about the flood scene and ongoing relief and rescue efforts. “Honoured to receive a phone call from Hon’ble Rashtrapati Adarniya Shri Ram Nath Kovind ji, who enquired about Assam’s flood scene and ongoing relief & rescue operations. Extremely grateful for his concern. It’ll boost our morale in overcoming this situation,” CM Sarma tweeted.
Honoured to receive a phone call from Hon’ble Rashtrapati Adarniya Shri Ram Nath Kovind ji, who enquired about Assam’s flood scene and ongoing relief & rescue operations.
Extremely grateful for his concern. It’ll boost our morale in overcoming this situation.@rashtrapatibhvn
— Himanta Biswa Sarma (@himantabiswa) July 5, 2022
The flooding situation in Assam started to become a little better as the water started to retreat from two more state districts. However, 22 districts and almost 14 lakh people are still suffering as a result of the flood. Over 40,000 hectares of agriculture in 14 districts are also impacted, in addition to the human casualties.
A child was killed by the flood in the Cachar district, according to the Assam State Disaster Management Authority’s (ASDMA) daily flood report. The report also stated that another person is still unaccounted for in the same district.
180 people have already died in Assam in 2022 as a result of the devastating floods and landslides. 18 persons died in landslides, compared to 162 who died in flood-related accidents.
The ASDMA report also stated that a total of 24 districts in the state including Bajali, Barpeta, Biswanath, Cachar, Chirang, Darrang, Dibrugarh, Dima Hasao, Goalpara, Golaghat, Hailakandi, Hojai, Kamrup, Kamrup Metropolitan, Karimganj, Lakhimpur, Majuli, Morigaon, Nagaon, Nalbari, Sivasagar, Sonitpur districts are still affected by the flood.