According to the Assam State Disaster Management Authority, 24.92 lakh people have been affected by floods in 28 districts of the state in the last 24 hours. So far 139 people have lost their lives in flood-related accidents in the state this year. Families who lost their relatives in the submerged Silchar city for more than a week are unable to take the bodies to the crematorium due to the water being flooded, while the district administration is also unable to reach them.
Guwahati / Silchar / Hailakandi : Five more people died and 24.92 lakh people were affected by the floods in Assam as the flood situation worsened on Tuesday. The officers provided this information.
He said that most of the areas in the Silchar town of Cachar have been submerged for more than a week. Officials said that three people died in Cachar and one each in Morigaon and Dhubri.
With this, the number of people who lost their lives in flood-related accidents in the state this year has risen to 139, he said.
According to the Assam State Disaster Management Authority (ASDMA) bulletin, three others are missing, including two in Cachar and one from Chirang district.
In the last 24 hours, 24.92 lakh people have been affected by floods in 28 districts of the state. On Monday, 21.52 lakh people were affected in 22 districts.
The Brahmaputra, Beki, Kopili, Barak and Kushiyara are flowing above the danger mark, while the water level in other rivers is receding.
Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sharma visited the embankment breach site at Kuwara in Baijli district to take stock of the flood situation.
He tweeted, “Visited Kuwara at Patacharkuchi, Baijli with his cabinet colleague Ranjit Kumar Das to take stock of the flood situation and the damage caused by the waters of Kaldia river.”
An amount of 9 crore rupees has been approved for strengthening the embankment of Pahumara river and construction of road on it.
In Silchar, Tourism Minister Jayant Malla Barua reviewed the flood relief and rescue operations.
A team of National Health Mission (NHM) led by Assam Mission Director Lakshmi Priya also visited the city to ensure proper medical facilities for the affected people.
A statement issued by the NHM said that medical officers and paramedical staff have been deployed and health camps for prevention of diseases have been started in various relief centres.
A total of 7,212 people were screened during the day and those found very ill were sent to the hospital.
Silchar has been flooded for more than a week. The help of helicopters is being taken to deliver food items to the people who are difficult to reach.
Cachar Deputy Commissioner Kirti Jalli said that water pouches and water purifying tablets are being distributed among the people.
Jalli called upon the people not to throw household garbage on the streets to prevent the spread of diseases.
According to the ASDMA, a total of 2,389 villages in 72 revenue circles have been affected and 1,76,201 people are staying in 555 relief camps across the state.
Flood waters have damaged 155 roads and five bridges, while seven embankments have been breached – five in Hailakandi and two in Biswanath.
According to the news agency PTI, according to ASDMA, 85,673.62 hectares of agricultural area is still submerged and 4,304 animals have been washed away.
Large-scale erosion was reported in Chirang, Dibrugarh and Hailakandi districts. Two landslides were reported from Karimganj and Lakhimpur but there were no casualties.
Difficult to cremate people in flood-hit Silchar
Silchar city has been battling severe floods for more than a week and in such a situation, people are facing a lot of problem in cremating the dead due to flooding everywhere, including the crematorium.
Families who lost their relatives during the floods are unable to take the bodies to the crematorium due to waterlogging and the Cachar district administration is also unable to reach them.
Officials said that Silchar has been badly affected due to water entering after the dam collapsed at Betkundi. It is alleged that some miscreants broke this dam on June 19. He told that about three lakh people have been affected by the floods in Silchar.
Niren Das, a resident of Chutrasangan village near Silchar, died on June 24, but his last rites could not be performed for nearly two days due to floods.
After this, a college teacher Ramendra Das came forward to help and along with some members of the bereaved family took the body by boat. Das found a dry place in Babarbazar outside Silchar city after boating for 15 kms, where Das was cremated.
Recently, a picture of Silchar went viral on social media, in which some people are seen carrying an animal in the flood water that has reached its neck.
Also, last week local volunteers found a dead body of a woman floating in the city. He also got a letter along with the dead body, requesting that whoever found this dead body should cremate it. It is being told that this letter was written by the woman’s son, who is a resident of Rangirkhari area.
In the letter, the son had written that he was unable to take his mother’s body to the crematorium due to floods. The body of the woman was cremated by local volunteers.
Dilip Chakraborty, who oversees the main cremation ground of the town, said that the entire area was submerged in water and he himself had to go to a safe place.
“It is not possible to cremate a dead body as the entire area is submerged in water,” he said.
Locals allege that the administration and elected representatives have failed to address the problems of the people trapped in the floods.
Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sharma had visited the city on Sunday to review the situation. He accepted that it is not possible to reach all the stranded people.
In such a situation, members of many NGOs and others have come forward to help the sick and senior citizens and they are also helping in the cremation of the dead.
The forest department is providing some wood for the cremation free of cost and former vice-president of Silchar Municipal Board Bijendra Prasad Singh has taken the responsibility of getting the death certificate issued from the civic office after the flood waters receded.
A volunteer engaged in relief and rescue operations said that many NGOs have come forward to help in performing the last rites of dead bodies at dry places, but reaching these places is very costly as the boat owners have to travel about six kilometres. Asking minimum Rs 3,000.
According to the Times of India, Kumar Kanti Das, a well-known surgeon from Silchar, has provided a dry place for the cremation next to his hospital Sunder Mohan Seva Bhavan in Bangalaghat, about six kilometers from here.
Rupak Chakraborty, general secretary of Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose Seva Sangathan, a volunteer engaged in relief and rescue operations, said, “There is a pond next to the space provided for this purpose in which people can take bath, perform other rituals etc.
Meanwhile, Deputy Commissioner Kirti Jalli said that the administration is making all possible efforts to address the various problems of the residents and has warned traders that if any person is found charging higher rates during this crisis, strict action will be taken against them. will be processed.
(with input from news agency language)
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