Amid Flood Woes, People In Assam Running Short Of Food And Drinking Water, Toll Mounts To 122

Lakhs of people across Assam spent yet another day facing the furry of nature as the ongoing flood situation shows no signs of improving.

While the flood waters have receded in some parts of the state, still more than 25 lakh people in 24 districts are battling the deluge.

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Silchar inundated for a week

Silchar town in Cachar district continues to be the worst hit by the ongoing floods with around 2.80 lakh people have been affected. Most parts of Silchar have been under the water for the seventh consecutive day.

The flooding has also resulted in a shortage of food and drinking water and many have remained cut off for days due to the floods.

Most water sources have become either inaccessible or polluted with debris, making them unfit for consumption.

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Bottled drinking water has also run out of stock in many parts, forcing the stranded people to boil collected rainwater to drink.

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Some reports also claim that bottled drinking water is now more expensive than petrol in Silchar, and is being sold at Rs 120 for a liter.

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Making matters worse is the lack of power supply. Locals say that there is no electricity in most parts of Silchar since Monday.

Air dropping food and water in Silchar

The Indian Air Force (IAF) has flown around 74 missions, rescued 253 persons who were stranded in the flood in Assam and have dropped over 200 tonnes of relief material as part of humanitarian assistance and disaster relief (HADR) operation to the state, IAF informed on Saturday.

Several others including NGOs and other outfits are also trying to reach the worst-affected people and provide them with food and water.

Assam Floods :@khalsaaid_india teams are distributing safe drinking water as there was acute shortage reported of drinking water in the areas devastated by floods in Silchar, Assam.

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Today as a part of emergency flood relief , we have distributed round 3000 litres of drinking water and foods to the flood affected areas or Baghador , berenga , modhurbond , panchayat road , das colony of Silchar city .#BarakValleyUnderWater #AssamFloods2022 #prayforassam pic.twitter.com/ZBs84MRL2n

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The state government has airlifted 85.2 metric tonnes of relief materials from Jorhat and Guwahati to Silchar.

Packets containing food, drinking water bottles and other essential items were airdropped at different places of the town by Indian Air Force helicopters and this will continue till the situation improves, Cachar Deputy Commissioner Keerthi Jalli said.

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Two drones have been deployed over Silchar for carrying out the flood inundation mapping as well as to provide relief materials to the affected people.

Eight NDRF teams comprising 207 personnel from Itanagar and Bhubaneswar along with an Indian Army team of 120 jawans have been deployed in Silchar.

Also, 10 CRPF jawans and four SDRF personnel have been airlifted to Cachar for rescue operations.

Meanwhile, the death toll from the floods this year rose to 122 on Saturday after more fatalities were reported in the past 24 hours.

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