The situation is improving in Darrang district, where floods have affected 1. 63 people and submerged 98 villages. The water level of the Brahmaputra River is receding.
According to the ASDMA, 6 more people lost their lives on Saturday, taking the death toll in the state from 52 to 58. Dhubri is the worst-hit district followed by Cachar and Darrang.
Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Thursday arrived at Mangaldai in Darrang district and took stock of the ongoing construction activities at the Assam Skill University premises.
Referring to the historic occasion in his election rally at Nalbari Assam, the Prime Minister raised 'Jai Shri Ram' slogan and said, "There is a new atmosphere in the entire country, and this birthday of Lord Ram has come after 500 years, when he got the privilege of celebrating his birth
Pramod Boro's party, UPPL, largely limited to the Bodoland Territorial Council area, is contesting in just one (Kokrajhar) out of 14 Lok Sabha seats in Assam. The party has influence in two other Lok Sabha seats, Darrang-Udalguri and Sonitpur, which have sizable Bodo voters.
The Guwahati Customs Department apprehended three accused and seized 103 gold biscuits weighing 2.60 kg at the Indo-Bhutan border near Darranga LCS, Assam, Customs officials said on Wednesday.
An earthquake of magnitude 3.5 on the Richter scale struck Assam's Darrang district on Wednesday morning, the National Center for Seismology said. The quake occurred at 7.54 am.
According to the report, 12 districts have been hit by floods, which includes Bajali, Barpeta, Biswanath, Darrang, Dhemaji, Goalpara, Jorhat, Kamrup, Lakhimpur, Nalbari, Sonitpur, and Tamulpur.
According to the Assam State Disaster Management Authority (ASDMA), 874 villages under 37 revenue circles in Bajali, Baksa, Barpeta, Darrang, Dhubri, Dibrugarh, Goalpara, Golaghat, Jorhat, Kamrup, Lakhimpur, Nagaon, Nalbari, and Tamulpur districts are currently underwater.
According to the flood report of Assam State Disaster Management Authority (ASDMA), nearly 2.67 lakh people have been affected alone in Bajali district followed by 80,061 people affected in Nalbari, 73,233 people in Barpeta, 22,577 people in Lakhimpur, 14,583 people in Darrang, 14180 peop
Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Monday inaugurated the permanent building of the pre-historic, 5,000 year old, Dhalpur Shiva Mandir in Sipajhar Revenue Circle in Darrang district.