Guwahati, June 7 (UNI) Despite a slight improvement, the overall flood situation in Assam has remained grim on Saturday, with a total of 439,886 people still affected by floods.
The Assam State Disaster Management Authority report said that 16 people have died so far due to floods, besides five others in landslides.
Floodwaters have been recorded from some areas on Saturday, but 1235 villages in 48 revenue circles of 14 districts are continuing to be affected by floods.
The state government has opened 156 relief camps to accommodate 40,313 flood-affected people in different areas and also opened 172 relief distribution centres across the state to help the marooned people.
Although there is no report of any human death in the last 24 hours, there are reports of embankments breached at places under 7 Doboka of Hojai District.
The condition of Sribhumi District has remained critical till Saturday morning, and the SDRF has been conducting evacuations in Sribhumi District since early morning.
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