IAF conducts flood relief operations in Assam, 253 people rescued till now

Indian Air Force IAF is conducting flood relief operations in Assam and Meghalaya and has rescued 253 stranded persons since June 21Since then the IAF has flown around 74 missions rescued 253 stranded persons and dropped more than 200 tonnes of relief material as part of the humanitarian assistance and disaster relief operation conducted in aid to the civil administration of the affected areas according to the IAFIAF has deployed C130J Super Hercules An32 transport aircraft Mi17V5 helicopters Advanced Light Helicopters ALH Dhruv and Mi17 helicopters to provide relief aid and supplies to the people stranded in these areasOperations are under progress in coordination with the civil administrationThe overall flood situation in Assam has improved but over 3303 lakh people in 28 districts continue to remain affected due to the natural calamity in the state the Assam State Disaster Management Authority ASDMA informed on SaturdayAccording to ASDMA a total of 117 people have lost their lives so far in the flood and landslides in the state this year of which 100 people died in flood alone while the remaining 17 died due to landslidesAs per the reports at least 10 people including four children died after drowning in the flood water in the last 24 hoursThe report also stated that 876 lakh people have been affected in Barpeta district alone followed by 508 lakh people in Nagaon 401 lakh in Kamrup 276 lakh people in Cachar 216 in Karimganj 184 lakh in Dhubri and 170 lakh people have been affected in the Darrang district of AssamNotably 3510 villages under 93 revenue circles of the state and nearly 91700 hectares of cropland is still reeling under the flood water265788 people affected by flood water are still lodged in 717 relief camps set up by the administration of 22 districts in the state ASDMA reportedTwo drones have been deployed in Silchar of Cachar district for carrying out the flood inundation mapping as well as to provide the relief materials in the inaccessible areas852 MT of GR items including packaged drinking water rice etc have been air transported from Guwahati and Jorhat to SilcharThe National Disaster Response Force NDRF personnel along with SDRF Fire and Emergency personnel Police Force and AAPDA MITRA Volunteers have been helping the district administrations in the rescue operation and relief distributionsHowever the ASDMA earlier reported that many areas under the Raha revenue circle in the Nagaon district are still under flood watersNearly 142 lakh people of 155 villages under the Raha revenue circle have been affected by the current wave of floodsIn the Nagaon district children have participated in preschool activities in the relief camp itselfWere making children participate in preschool activities in relief camp Nagaon itself with morning prayers physical exercises drawings Union Mininster Sarbananda Sonowal visited this camp earlier NP Doley Integrated Child Development Services supervisor had told ANIThe flood situation in Kampur area in Assams Nagaon district has slightly improved but many areas under Kampur revenue circle are still under flood watersThe devastating flood damaged many houses roads bridges and embankments in Kampur revenue circle areasThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever