Fresh floods affect Assam: Death toll climbs to 15, Army deployed for rescue operation

The death toll in the second wave of flood climbed to 15 with 10 more people reported dead on Sunday as the government called out Army to rescue marooned people and put IAF on standby to assist the administration deal with the

In a fresh wave of floods in Assam over 11 lakh people were affected in 15 districts while at least 781 villages were inundated.

The Brahmaputra and its tributaries are flowing above danger mark. The first round of floods had claimed 90 lives last month.

Meanwhile, the Assam State Disaster Management Authority said that the worst affected districts are Dhemaji, Lakhimpur, Biswanath, Baksa, Barpeta, Bongaigaon, Chirang, Kikrajhar, Dhubri, Jorhat, Majuli, Sivsagar, Charaideo, Tinsukia and Dibrugarh. Nearly 14,000 people have been accommodated at 39 relief centres across the state, according to a report by the ASDMA.

The surging waters have inundated 19,481 hectares of agricultural land. Floods have ravaged Assam since April, uprooting over 25 lakh people in 29 districts and leaving 76 people dead.

While situation in Kazirang park turned grim on Saturday. Already 11 forest camps, including five from Kohora central range, two from Eastern range of Agaratoli and two from Western range from Bagori have been submerged by rising flood water.

Assam State Disaster Management Authority said that the Army has been called out to assist the local administration in rescuing marooned people in Nagaon and Kokrajhar districts.

Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal, who is currently in Delhi, have directed the deputy commissioners of the affected districts to assess the flood situation.

Meanwhile, the Northeast Frontier Railway cancelled 20 long distance trains, including the Dibrugarh-New Delhi Rajdhani express on Sunday. The NFR headquarters here said that two other trains: the Dibrugarh-Chandigarh Express and Guwahati-Okha Express scheduled to depart on Monday have also been cancelled.

Road transport on the National Highway 37 remained disrupted at Numaligarh and Koliabor after flood waters overtopped the highway, stranding hundreds of trucks and other public transport.

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