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Assam flood 2016: At least 25 people have been killed by heavy rains and flooding in the northeastern Indian state of Assam, while at least 14 people have died in Bangladesh, with millions of people also displaced, officials said on Saturday. Persistent heavy rains this week have caused widespread disruption across South Asia, with at least 68 people killed in Nepal by flash floods and landslides.(Image: PTI)
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Assam flood 2016: Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh today made an aerial survey of flood-affected areas of Nagaon, Morigaon and Kaziranga in Assam. He was accompanied by Assam Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal and Minister of State in Prime Minister's Office (PMO) Jitendra Singh.(Image: PTI)
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Assam flood 2016: The affected districts are Lakhimpur, Golaghat, Jorhat, Bongaigaon, Dhemaji, Barpeta, Goalpara, Dhubri, Darrang, Morigaon, Sonitpur, Nalbari, Sivasagar, Kokrajhar, Dibrugarh, Tinsukia, Biswanath, Kamrup Metropolitan, Chirang, Nagaon, Kamrup and South Kamrup. (Image: Associated Press)
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Pasahbari: Villagers carrying flood relief items on a country boat in flood affected Pasahbari 30 km from Guwahati, in Assam on Friday. Assam continues to be ravaged by floods due to heavy rains, displacing around 19 lakh people. PTI Photo(PTI7_30_2016_000034A)
Assam flood 2016: Authorities in Asam have opened more than 800 temporary shelters and food and medicines distribution centres across the state, a senior official at the state disaster management authority said. Flooding is an annual problem during the monsoon season in South Asia, but the impact has been worsened by crumbling civic infrastructure, clogged drains and uncontrolled urban expansion. (Image: PTI) -
Assam flood 2016: The Home Minister will hold a meeting with Sonowal and other state government officers here before returning to Delhi in the evening. The rise in the water level of the Brahmaputra River has made the condition of Assam very critical and many districts have been submerged. The flood situation worsened as new areas have been inundated. (Image: Associated Press)
Assam flood 2016: Although rainfall had decreased as of Saturday, officials in Assam, a tea-growing and oil-rich state, added water levels across rivers were still overflowing. "Overflowing rivers are flooding new areas, making things worse," said Keshab Mahanta, Assam's water resource minister.(Image: Associated Press) -
Assam flood 2016: As per reports, the administration has rescued all affected families as surging water breached Bongaon embankment at Majuli River Island in Jorhat. All the rescued people have been provided shelter in embankments.(Image: Associated Press)
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