{"id":108116,"date":"2023-09-02T20:20:00","date_gmt":"2023-09-02T14:50:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/assamtimespost.in\/?p=108116"},"modified":"2023-09-02T20:20:39","modified_gmt":"2023-09-02T14:50:39","slug":"assam-floods-improvement-in-situation-despite-tragic-loss-of-life","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/assamtimespost.in\/?p=108116","title":{"rendered":"\u201cAssam Floods: Improvement in Situation Despite Tragic Loss of Life\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"lazyload-wrapper ad1\">\n<div class=\"nw18-dynamic-div-8561424_7_12\" data-lazy=\"ads\">\n<div id=\"204ea61c-a35a-4ade-b2cc-2dc336fe57a4\" class=\"nw18-dfp-ad \" data-adcode=\"\/1039154\/NW18_ENG_Desktop\/NW18_ENG_India\/NW18_ENG_India_AS\/NW18_ENG_IND_AS_ROS_MID_728\" data-adsizes=\"[[728,90],[1,1]]\" data-google-query-id=\"CIKKuMyTjIEDFTyOZgId8jEPBg\">\n<p class=\"story_para_11\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-108066\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/assamtimespost.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/logo_new-2-1-1-4-1-3-1.png?resize=151%2C40&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"151\" height=\"40\" title=\"\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 24pt;\">T<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">he ASDMA bulletin reported that the <a href=\"http:\/\/Assam flood situation\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><strong>Assam flood situation<\/strong><\/span><\/a> has seen an improvement as the number of affected individuals decreased to below 2.5 lakh on Saturday, however, one more death was recorded, bringing the total death toll to 17. The Brahmaputra river is still flowing above the danger level in several places.<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_108121\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-108121\" style=\"width: 715px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/Assam Floods: Improvement in Situation Despite Tragic Loss of Life\u201d\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-108121 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/assamtimespost.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/arun_021020_flood.jpg?resize=715%2C400&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Assam Floods: \" width=\"715\" height=\"400\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/assamtimespost.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/arun_021020_flood.jpg?w=715&amp;ssl=1 715w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/assamtimespost.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/arun_021020_flood.jpg?resize=300%2C168&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 715px) 100vw, 715px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-108121\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><strong>Assam Floods: Improvement in Situation Despite Tragic Loss of Life\u201d<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">18 districts are still affected by the floods, with a total of 2,42,515 people currently affected. Nalbari has been the worst-hit district, with 72,427 people suffering from the deluge, followed by Darrang with 69,112. On Friday, 3,24,938 people were affected in 18 districts. 2,169 individuals are taking refuge in seven camps and 43 relief distribution centres are operational.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">15,670.85 hectares of crops have been inundated and 1,61,758 animals and poultry have also been affected. Additionally, one embankment has been breached in Udalguri district and two have been damaged in Darrang. Roads, schools, Anganwadi centres, electric poles, and other infrastructure have been either inundated or damaged. Erosion has also been reported from Dhubri, Kamrup, Kokrajhar, Nalbari, South Salmara, and Tinsukia.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The ASDMA bulletin reported that the Assam flood situation has seen an improvement as the number of affected individuals decreased to below 2.5 lakh on Saturday, however, one more death was recorded, bringing the total death toll to 17. The Brahmaputra river is still flowing above the danger level in several places. 18 districts are [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":108120,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":{"source_name":"","source_url":"","via_name":"","via_url":"","override_template":"0","override":[{"template":"1","single_blog_custom":"","parallax":"1","fullscreen":"1","layout":"right-sidebar","sidebar":"default-sidebar","second_sidebar":"default-sidebar","sticky_sidebar":"1","share_position":"bottom","share_float_style":"share-monocrhome","show_share_counter":"1","show_view_counter":"1","show_featured":"1","show_post_meta":"1","show_post_author":"1","show_post_author_image":"1","show_post_date":"1","post_date_format":"default","post_date_format_custom":"Y\/m\/d","show_post_category":"0","show_post_reading_time":"1","post_reading_time_wpm":"300","show_zoom_button":"1","zoom_button_out_step":"2","zoom_button_in_step":"3","show_post_tag":"1","show_prev_next_post":"0","show_popup_post":"1","number_popup_post":"2","show_author_box":"0","show_post_related":"1","show_inline_post_related":"1"}],"override_image_size":"0","image_override":[{"single_post_thumbnail_size":"crop-715","single_post_gallery_size":"crop-500"}],"trending_post":"0","trending_post_position":"meta","trending_post_label":"Trending","sponsored_post":"0","sponsored_post_label":"Sponsored by","sponsored_post_name":"","sponsored_post_url":"","sponsored_post_logo_enable":"0","sponsored_post_logo":"","sponsored_post_desc":"","disable_ad":"0"},"jnews_primary_category":{"id":"","hide":""},"jnews_social_meta":{"fb_title":"","fb_description":"","fb_image":"","twitter_title":"","twitter_description":"","twitter_image":""},"jnews_override_counter":{"override_view_counter":"0","view_counter_number":"0","override_share_counter":"0","share_counter_number":"0","override_like_counter":"0","like_counter_number":"0","override_dislike_counter":"0","dislike_counter_number":"0"},"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[200],"tags":[13382,13384,13383],"class_list":["post-108116","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-assam","tag-assam-floods","tag-despite-tragic-loss-of-life","tag-improvement-in-situation"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":157557,"url":"https:\/\/assamtimespost.in\/?p=157557","url_meta":{"origin":108116,"position":0},"title":"Assam Protests Over Price Rise: AASU Asks, Govt with People or Elite?","author":"ASSAM TIMES POST","date":"August 27, 2026","format":false,"excerpt":"The All Assam Students\u2019 Union (AASU) staged protests across Assam on Thursday, accusing the state government of failing to protect households from a sharp rise in the prices of essential commodities and vowing sustained agitation until costs fall. 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