Amid the worsening flood situation in Assam that has claimed nine lives, Prime Minister Narendra Modi Monday called Assam Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal and took stock of the ongoing flood situation in the state.
Prime Minister spoke to the Chief Minister on phone and assured him of the assistance from the Centre.
An official of the Assam State Disaster Management Authority said that 3,181 villages in 28 districts have been affected. A total of 26 lakh people have been affected due to the floods as of Monday afternoon.
The official said that close to 90,000 hectares of agricultural lands have been affected due to the floods, some with standing crops on them. Over 10 lakh animals have also been affected.
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The government has pressed the National Disaster Response Force and State Disaster Response Force (SDRF) to help the marooned people in different districts even as Army has been called in to assist the civil administration in relief and rescue operations in different parts of the state.
Meanwhile, the opposition Congress has accused the Bharatiya Janata Party-led state government of failing to handle the flood situation due to the magnanimity and demanded the Central government to depute immediate Central teams to Assam to guide and advise to deal with situation, release required funds to carry out relief and rescue operation and rehabilitation, medical facilities in a war footing.
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(IANS)
