THINGS YOU SHOULD KNOW ABOUT ASSAM & BIHAR FLOODS

ASSAM

  • 31 death reported. 17 lakhs people affected.
  • In all the 4 relief camps, 100% of the families have food availability for up to a week.
  • 100% damage to food storages in the families.
  • 90% agricultural tools have been lost.
  • 100% of the respondents noted that the loss of livestock is acute.
  • Agricultural land is under water and crops have been damaged.
  • Coming days and years will be a great crucial for the people in terms of livelihood.
  • Daily wagers earners are at wits end
  • Out of 256 damaged houses 36 houses were fully damaged. Families are now taking shelter along the road side, embankment and public buildings.
  • Kitchen utensils, bedding and blankets are damaged or washed away.
  • No reports of harassment of women, law and order at present.
  • Countless number of roads and embankment has been damaged.
  • Health concerns are high with complaints of stomach pain, headache, skin rush, fever & with possibility of health hazard due to cattle around the relief camps.
  • Schools when reopen after the summer vacation will have difficulties.
  • No proper toilets and bath rooms for the ladies and for the young girls.
  • Lack cooking facilities.

Table showing data of the assessed villages by Caritas India between July 25-26

S.No. Name of Village Block District

Households
Male
Female
Population
House fully Damaged
House partially Damaged
1 Uttar Patgaon Titaguri Kokrajhar
65
260
320
580
15
50
2 Uttar Patgaon Titaguri Kokrajhar 12 25 29 54 6 6
3 Kungkrajhora Borobazar Chirang 115 98 102 200 15 100
4 Sonapur Borobazar Chirang 64 65 85 150 0 64

Floods in Assam pushed this family out to the streets. In the picture, a lady in Ghilmara village under Dhemaji district grinding rice on the roadside as her house lay submerged.
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OVERALL SCENERIO

  • 16, 68, 865 lakh people affected across 2,964 villages in 21 districts as on 27th July 2016.
  • The flood related death toll has also gone up to three in the state.
  • Inundated districts are Tinsukia, Lakhimpur, Golaghat, Kokrajhar, Chirang, Bongaigaon, Golaghat, Morigaon, Jorhat,
  • Dhemaji, Sivsagar, Barpeta, Nagaon, Dhubri, Dibrugarh, Sonitpur, Biswanath, Darrang and Nalbari.
  • Government have opened 472 relief camps and 186 distribution centre having 1, 12,853 inmates and more than 22,931 marooned people.
  • In Jorhat and Chirang alone 220 and 13 houses were damaged fully. But in reality the number of fully house damaged will be more than 600.

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BIHAR

  • 4.51 Lakh people hit. 9 deaths.
  • The flood has hit 273 Panchyats, including 132 fully and 141 partially.
  • Among the affected districts- Purnea, kisanganj, Araria, katihar, Madhepura, supaul, Darbhanga, Madhubani, Bhagalpur and Muzaffarpur.
  • Around NH 57 most affected blocks are Supaul, Kishanpu Saraigadh Baphtahiyahi, Nirmali Marwana, and Basantpur
  • The flood has claimed 06 human lives in in supaul as per officially reported by the ADM Supaul.
  • The water level of kosh iriver near Baltara and Kursela is 111 cm and 1 cm above the danger line respectively.
  • Around 52216 displaced people taken shelter at different part of the high land.
  • Caritas team is working mainly in Supaul & Purniya districts
  • 130 villages of 06 Panchyats in 06 blocks of Supaul district have been inundated and near about 40000 displaced people taken shelter around NH 57 and other higher places.