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Assam suffers 195 human casualties in two waves of flood

-The Telegraph

Senior official says deaths are highest in 'recorded' history of the state

Guwahati: Assam has suffered 195 human casualties in the two waves of flood that have hit the state between April 6 and July 15 this year, leaving behind a trail of unprecedented destruction, affecting one third of the state’s over 3.2 crore population and triggering a massive rescue and relief operation.

According to chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma, besides the 195 persons, who lost their lives in flood and landslides (19), 37 persons are still missing. Overall the flood affected 34 of 35 districts, 9,918 villages and over 89 lakh people.

Sarma shared the level of devastation caused by the flood so far this year while launching the scheme for transfer of Rs 1,000 book grant to each of the over one lakh students affected by the flood. Besides the book grant, the government has released Rs 3,800 each to over 1.81 lakh families as utensil grant.

“Over one lakh people were evacuated, over seven lakh put up in relief camps, over 25,670 houses were fully damaged and another 2.78 lakh partially damaged. The two waves affected one third of the state’s population. The death toll is the highest till now. We have alredy paid Rs 4 lakh in ex gratia to the kin of the deceased,” Sarma said.

A senior official said the deaths were highest in the “recorded” history of Assam. Besides the deaths, there was huge loss to infrastructure which included 5,564 roads and 42 embankments.

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