-Hindustan Times Nearly every year these parts of the northeast suffer deluge during monsoon months. However, IMD’s analysis of ‘rainfall variability and changes over different states’ for the period between 1989 and 2018 for Assam suggests that monthly rainfall for all monsoon months between June and September is recording a decreasing trend. The flood situation in Assam and Meghalaya continued to remain alarming due to ongoing extremely heavy rainfall in the northeastern...
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Assam's Silchar still under water, CM says flood was 'man-made' -Sumir Karnakar
-Deccan Herald The death toll due to floods and landslides reached 121 with four deaths reported on Saturday. Of this, 21 deaths were in the Cachar district Guwahati: As most parts of south Assam city Silchar remained inundated even on the sixth day on Sunday, Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma stated that the flood was "man-made." "The flood here this time is man-made. I have got information that the embankment which protects Silchar...
More »Assam Floods: Silchar Submerged for Sixth day; Death Toll Rises to 118
-PTI/ Newsclick.in Ten more people have died in the past 24 hours due to floods and landslides in the state. Guwahati: The flood situation in Assam remained grim on Saturday with the death count rising to 118 and Silchar town in Cachar district submerged for the sixth straight day, officials said. Ten more people have died in the past 24 hours -- two each from Barpeta, Dhubri, Karimganj and Udalguri districts and one...
More »Assam flood situation grim, 54.5 lakh hit, 12 fresh deaths
-PTI/ The Telegraph Altogether 3658 persons were evacuated with the help of 276 boats across the state by NDRF, SDRF and other agencies. The flood situation in Assam remained grim on Thursday with over 54.5 lakh people still affected and 12 fresh deaths reported, officials said. The toll due to the flood since mid-May is now 101, they said. Brahmaputra and Barak rivers along with its tributaries are in spate in most of the...
More »'One Nation, One Ration Card' programme implemented across India
-PTI/ Business Standard The implementation of ONORC was initiated in August 2019 Assam has finally operationalised the ration card portability service and with this, the Centre's 'One Nation, One Ration Card' programme is implemented across the country, the food ministry said on Tuesday. Under the ONORC (One Nation, One Ration Card), beneficiaries covered under the National Food Security Act, 2013 (NFSA) can get their quota of subsidised foodgrains from any electronic point of...
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