The death toll is increasing in floods and landslides caused by torrential rains that have been effective since last week in the Indian state of Assam. Assam’s Minister of Water Resources, Pijush Hazarika, said in a statement, “20 people drowned in the last 10 days, and 5 people lost their lives in landslides.” Hazarika stated that more than 650,000 people had to leave their homes. In the state, where parts of the rail network have been severely damaged, authorities have set up 366 relief camps in 20 locations that provide temporary shelter for more than 95,000 people.
According to statics from the Assam State Disaster Management Authority (ASDMA), 1,709 villages in 26 districts of Assam state were flooded as the water level rose in the Brahmaputra River, one of the world’s largest rivers flowing from Tibet to India and Bangladesh. Across the state, 82,503 hectares of farmland were also damaged, ASDMA reports read.
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