For several days, the northeastern state has been inundated, affecting over 600,000 people, and resulting in at least 34 fatalities.
The weather agency has projected further rains in certain regions, so the next three days could be “critical,” according to Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma.
Assam’s extensive network of rivers floods throughout every monsoon, causing extensive damage to property and human life.
Over four million people were affected and at least 45 people died as a result of floods in 2022.
In Assam and certain areas of neighboring Bangladesh, the floodwaters left a path of devastation that included submerged communities, destroyed crops, and destroyed homes.
In relief camps located all around the state, thousands of people are seeking refuge.
On the same day, Mr. Sarma claimed that severe rainfall in neighboring Arunachal Pradesh state and several Assamese regions was causing a “second wave of flooding” in the state.
Depending on the amount of rain, he continued, the next three to four days might be crucial.
According to Mr. Sarma, animals have been forced to relocate from wooded regions of Kaziranga National Park, a world heritage site known for the Great Indian one-horned rhinoceros, since flood waters have swamped numerous areas of the park.
