Photos: Assam flood situation worsens, 1.3 million affected, toll at 44

The flood situation in Assam worsened further with two more persons losing their lives in the deluge in Nagaon district, taking the death toll to 44 in the state, while the situation deteriorated across 24 of the 33 districts, Assam State Disaster Management Authority (ASDMA) officials said. Above: Flood affected people move to safe places from Domdama in Kamrup district, on July 13, 2020.

The flood waters have submerged 2,015 villages affecting 1.3 million people and 82,546 hectares of crop area across the state. Above: NDRF personal rescue flood affected villagers at Bajali in Barpeta district.

The district administrations have set up 224 relief camps and distribution centres in 16 districts, where 21,071 people have taken shelter, the ASDMA officials said. Above: People stand near an embankment after it was washed away by floodwater during heavy rainfall, at Pathsala in Barpeta district.

Besides several other rivers, the mighty Brahmaputra is flowing above the danger mark in Dibrugarh, Neamatighat in Jorhat, Tezpur in Sonitpur and Dhubri town, an ASDMA bulletin said.

The ASDMA officials said that in the current wave of floods over the past four weeks, at least 27 persons have died in Morigaon, Tinsukia, Dhubri, Nagaon, Nalbari, Barpeta, Dhemaji, Udalguri, Goalpara and Dibrugarh districts, taking the state's death toll to 44, while 26 people have been killed in separate landslides since May 22.

Though the 24 of the state's 33 districts are affected by the floods, the worst affected 16 districts are Dhemaji, Udalguri, Biswanath, Lakhimpur, Chirang, Barpeta, Bongaigaon, Kokrajhar, Goalpara, Nagaon, Golaghat, Jorhat, Majuli, Dibrugarh,West Karbi Anglong and Tinsukia.

Embankments, roads, bridges, culverts and other infrastructure have been damaged at various places in 18 districts, the ASDMA officials said adding that around 810 houses were fully or partially damaged due to the floods.

In all, at least 8,00,000 domestic animals and over 4,24,000 poultry were affected due to the current wave of floods.

The National Disaster Response Force, Assam State Disaster Response Force personnel, along with the local administration, are continuously working to rescue the affected people and render relief services, including distribution of relief material to the marooned villagers.

Meanwhile, with several rivers in many northeastern states are in spate due to constant monsoon rain, huge low-lying areas in the other states wof the region were inundated on Sunday even as the Meteorological Department forecast more downpours in the next couple of days.

National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) personnel carry a sick woman during a rescue operation in a flood affected area due to monsoon rains, in Pathsala of Barpeta district.

Monsoon clouds hover over as a construction equipment lies partially submerged in the rising water of river Brahmaputra in Gauhati.

A man rides on a tricycle past a civic worker sanitizing a deserted road in Gauhati.

A view of a flooded dentist's room at a hospital at Pathsala in Barpeta district.

National Disaster Respond Force (NDRF) personnel rescue villagers from flood-affected areas, at Pathsala in Barpeta district.

One-horned rhinos and wild buffalo takes shelter at a higher land, following flooding in the low-lying areas of Pobitora Wildlife Sanctuary, in Morigaon.

Villagers along with their livestock take shelter on a road near flood-hit Sildubi village in Morigaon district.

Villagers are move to a safer place from a flooded area, at Kamrup district.

A man carries his LPG cylinder from a flood-affected area to a safer place, in Morigaon.

A family with their livestock move away from the flood-affected areas towards the safer place on a boat, following heavy rainfall, at Mayang village in Morigaon.