Assam Floods Death Count Rises To 75, Over 3 Lakh People Still Affected

Seven more deaths on Tuesday pushed the death count in the Assam floods to 75, though the number of affected people came down to 3.32 lakh across seven districts, an official bulletin said. A total of 622 villages have been impacted by severe flooding. Multiple agencies, including the Army, Air Force, NDRF, SDRF, Fire and Emergency Services and civil volunteers, continued to carry out relief and rescue operations. A crop area of 45,341.98 hectares has been submerged, the bulletin said. Damage to houses, cow sheds, schools and anganwadi centres was also reported from across the affected districts, the ASDMA bulletin added.