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Rajnath Singh leaves for Assam to take stock of flood- affected areas

Speed News Desk | Updated on: 10 February 2017, 1:48 IST

On 30 July, Home Minister Rajnath Singh left for Assam to take stock of the situation in the flood-hit state which has affected over 3 lakh people.

Rajnath Singh will undertake an aerial survey of flood-affected areas in Assam.

Singh will be accompanied by Union Minister of State for Home Kiren Rijiju.

He will also hold a meeting with Assam Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal and state government officers in Guwahati before returning to Delhi in the evening.

The flood situation in Assam has worsened with five more deaths, taking the toll to 21 in the current deluge, while nearly 18 lakh people reeled under the impact.

In the current wave of flood, nearly 18 lakh people across 3,374 villages in 22 districts were hit.

The affected districts are Lakhimpur, Golaghat, Jorhat, Bongaigaon, Dhemaji, Barpeta, Goalpara, Dhubri, Darrang, Morigaon, Sonitpur, Nalbari, Sivasagar, Kokrajhar, Dibrugarh, Tinsukia, Biswanath, Kamrup Metropolitan, Chirang, Nagaon, Kamrup and South Kamrup.

--With PTI inputs

First published: 30 July 2016, 12:23 IST