No respite from floods in Assam, over 88,000 people affected

TIL Desk/National/Assam- There seems to be no respite from the major floods in Assam, as the Brahmaputra and its a few tributaries are maintaining a rising trend in a few places. Over 88,000 people have been affected in seven districts.

Flood water also affected over 6 thousand hectare of crop land and the district administration has set up seven relief camps in worst hit Lakhimpur district and relief materials are being distributed. Nearly 100 villages have been inundated.

Flood water also submerged 1 thousand 500 hectares of crop land. Apart from flood, erosion also took serious turn in many districts. Boats have been pressed into services at Morigaon district to rescue marooned people.