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Union home minister Rajnath Singh has wrapped up his stock taking visit to the flood-hit Assam on Saturday where 36 people lost their lives. Accompanied by minister of state for home affairs Kiren Rijiju and DoNER minister Dr Jitendra Prasad, Singh arrived in Guwahati in the morning and made an aerial survey in the flood –hit areas of Assam and Arunachal Pradesh. Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal also joined the ministerial team and left for the worst-hit Bhagatgaon area in Morigaon district and talked to the affected people who have been taking shelter at a camp. After his aerial survey in Nagaon and Kaziranga, Singh held a meeting with Chief minister Sonowal and assured him of all...

The overall flood scene refuses to improve on Saturday where the toll has gone up to 36 following the death of 8 more people on Friday alone. The river Brahmaputra and its tributaries have still been flowing dangerously submerging more areas in 22 districts affecting over 25 lakh people. Apart from breaching many embankments, vital roads and bridges in the flood hit areas have been washed away rendering lakhs of people homeless. The worst-hit districts include Lakhimpur, Dhemaji, Sivasagar, Golaghat, Bongaigaon, Jorhat, Barpeta, Goalpara, Dhubri, Darrang, Sonitpur, Kokrajhar, Biswanath, Nalbari, Baksa, Udalgluri, Kamrup (M), Chirang, Kamrup, South Kamrup and Morigaon where the government...

Flood waters have been wreaking no less havoc for the birds and animals in national parks and sanctuaries. Rhinos along with wild animals have shifted to the near by hill in the Kaziranga National Park which is completely submerged. Many deer are believed to have been washed away. Elephants tigers and buffalos have been sneaking into the human habitats to get rid of the calamity. Most of them been crossing the National Highway No 37 in broad day light. Same scene prevails in the Manas National Park which has come under the surging waters after the strong current of the river breached an embankment. Wild animals, mostly, have been shifting to the high spots. The wild animals in the famed...

Assam flood scene deteriorates further on Friday with more and more areas coming under the surging waters of the Brahmaputra and its tributaries. The toll has gone up to 27 in 22 affected district where over 25 lakh people have been rendered homeless. The flood waters have been breached one after another vital river embankments bringing more and more misery to the people who have been taking shelter in the relief camps. Many people have lost their domestic animals apart from other belongings in the current flood wave. The worst-hit districts include Jorhat, Dibrugarh, Lakhimpur, Tinsukia, Dhemaji, Sonitpur, Goalpara, Dhubri, Morigaon, Golaghat, Sivasagar, Nagaon, Kokrajhar, Biswanath,...