Lagatar24 Desk
New Delhi, May 22: With four more deaths, the toll in Assam has reached 18, while floodwaters entered new areas, pushing the number of affected districts to 31, a government bulletin said.
However, the number of people hit by the calamity decreased marginally from 7,11,905 to 6,80,118, the Assam State Disaster Management Authority (ASDMA) said.
Nagaon remained the worst-hit district with 3.39 lakh people affected, followed by Cachar (1.77 lakh) and Hojai (70,233), as per the ASDMA bulletin.
As many as 74,907 flood-hit people have taken shelter in 282 relief camps, while another 214 relief distribution centres are operational. Army, paramilitary forces, NDRF, SDRF, trained volunteers and various agencies continued to be deployed in rescue and relief operations.
