GUWAHATI, Jul.19, 2023 (TBINN)
The flood situation in Assam has improved marginally, though nearly 89,000 people across 16 districts are still reeling under the deluge, an official bulletin said.
The death toll in flood this year, so far, has been eight, with no fatality reported in the last 24 hours, the Assam State Disaster Management Authority informed.
At least four major rivers, including Brahmaputra, are flowing above danger-level at multiple locations. Altogether 88,911 people in 16 districts, including Barpeta, Charaideo, Chirang, Darrang, Dhemaji, Dibrugarh, Golaghat, Lakhimpur and Sivsagar, are still reeling under the deluge. Biswanath sub-division also remains affected.
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