State minister Jayanta Mallabaruah reviews Silchar flood situation

June 28: Unlike the Brahmaputra valley, the Barak localities are still facing the flood furies and many parts of Silchar continue to be inundated till Tuesday. State minister Jayanta Mallabaruah visited the headquarter of Cachar district and reviewed the flood situation in the Barak valley.

According to the State disaster management authority, most of the rivers are currently flowing under the danger level and 21 lakh people in 22 districts are still suffering from the current wave of flood. Half of the affected families are taking shelter in administration run relief camps. The casualty because of floods and incidents of landslide in different parts of the State rises to 134.

Cachar district magistrate Keerthi Jalli informed that Silchar remains under the flood water for over a week. Besides food items, medicines, the affected families are being supplied with water packets and also water purifying tablets. The administration has also surveyed the most affected areas in the town for further course of action. The mission to clean up Silchar has also been adopted.

Appreciating the district administration, minister Mallabaruah directed the PHE officials to continue building temporary toilets in affected localities. He also suggested supplying baby food items to needy families. In presence of Parliamentarian Rajdeep Roy, legislators Dipayan Chakravarty, Kaushik Rai and Mihir Kanti Shome, Mallabaruah also advised the NDRF teams to transport relief items to the stranded families.

State chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma visited many flood affected localities in western Assam on Tuesday. Along with State minister Ranjeet Kumar Das, Sarma interacted with the affected families in Patacharkuchi area of Bajali district. Paying a visit to some relief camps, Sarma assured all possible support to the people in their post-flood rehabilitation process.