Rahul Gandhi Urges Congress Workers to Assist Flood Affected People in Assam
GG News Bureau
New Delhi, 20th May. Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Friday asked party leaders and workers to extend all possible support to flood affected people in Assam.
“Lakhs of people are affected by severe flooding in Assam. I urge Congress workers and leaders to continue extending all possible assistance to the rescue and relief operations,” Rahul Gandhi said in a tweet.
Assam floods have impacted more than seven lakh people across 29 districts leaving nine people dead.
“Till now, 7,17,046 people across 29 districts have been affected due to the flood situation in the state. Nine people have died in floods and landslides so far,” Assam State Disaster Management Authority stated on Thursday.
Assam State Disaster Management Authority stated that at present 1413 villages are underwater and Nagaon is the most affected district where 2.88 lakh people are reeling under the calamity.
In Cachar nearly 1.2 lakh people and in Hojai more than 1.07 lakh people were affected, it said.
A portion of the Kampur-Kathiatali connecting road in the Nagaon district got washed away in floods. Several parts of the state are reeling under flood.
Assam Rifles, National Disaster Response Force and the Indian Army are carrying out rescue and relief operations in flood-hit parts of the state.
The Assam Cabinet decided to introduce an emergency flight service between Silchar and Guwahati at the rate of Rs 3000, to mitigate the communication crisis due to floods and landslides in Dima Hasao and Barak Valley.
In view of the situation, the Cachar district administration has closed all educational institutions (government and private) and non-essential private establishments for 48 hours (May 19th and 20th) in the district.
The Northeast Frontier Railway (NFR) has already suspended all trains through Lumding-Badarpur Hill Section to Barak Valley, Tripura, Mizoram and Manipur due to the damages to railway tracks in multiple locations. The restoration work is going on in the damaged areas.
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