EXTENSIVE DEVASTATION IN ASSAM DUE TO FLOODS WITH FIFTY EIGHT DEATHS. RAHUL URGES GOVT TO EXTEND ALL POSSIBLE HELP EXPEDITIOUSLY

The extreme devastation caused by extensive floods due to excessive rains in Assam has created havoc with thousands of people displaced and more than sixty casualties including more than 24 lakh people displaced. The President of the Congress state Bhupen Kumar Barua has send a detailed report to leader of the opposition Rahul Gandhi holding a union cabinet ministerial status giving a detail account of the current flood situation in Assam that led to fifty eight deaths, 54 thousand people seeking refuge in shelter camps across the state, 23.9 lalk people of 3, 535 people adversely affected and 69 thousand hectares of land fully submerged in flood including 114 animals dying which comprise of 6 Rhinos living in Kaziranga National Park. The centre was requested for the financial aid of Rs. 10,985 crores by its own BJP government of the state for the flood relief works and rehabilitation but the centre sent mere Rs.250 crores. The former Congress president Rahul Gandhi expressing his serious concern over the increasing deaths especially if a eight year old child write on his social media handle X : The extreme devastation caused by flooding in Assam is heartbreaking – with innocent children like 8-year old Avinash being taken away from us. My heartfelt condolences to all the bereaved families across the State. Assam Congress leaders apprised me of the situation on ground: 60+ deaths 53,000+ displaced 24,00,000 affected These numbers reflect the gross and grave mismanagement by BJP’s double-engine government which came to power with the promise of a “flood-free Assam”. Assam needs a comprehensive and compassionate vision – proper relief, rehabilitation, and compensation in the short term, and a pan-Northeast water management authority to do everything necessary to control floods in the long term. I stand with the people of Assam, I am their soldier in Parliament, and I urge the Central govt to extend all possible help and support to the State expeditiously.

The extreme devastation caused by flooding in Assam is heartbreaking – with innocent children like 8-year old Avinash being taken away from us. My heartfelt condolences to all the bereaved families across the State. Assam Congress leaders apprised me of the situation on ground: 60+ deaths 53,000+ displaced 24,00,000 affected These numbers reflect the gross and grave mismanagement by BJP’s double-engine government which came to power with the promise of a “flood-free Assam”. Assam needs a comprehensive and compassionate vision – proper relief, rehabilitation, and compensation in the short term, and a pan-Northeast water management authority to do everything necessary to control floods in the long term. I stand with the people of Assam, I am their soldier in Parliament, and I urge the Central govt to extend all possible help and support to the State expeditiously.