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GUWAHATI: A Guwahati-bound special train carrying about 1600 affected passengers has left flood-ravaged Kerala's Trivandrum and is expected to reach here on Thursday, Assam State Disaster Management Authority (ASDMA) said. Many from Assam working in Kerala have also volunteered to provide relief, arranging train and flight tickets to residents of their home state stranded in the flood. "We grew up with floods in Assam, but the scale we experienced in Kerala is several times more devastating and scary. ASDMA is in constant touch with Kerala counterpart to help people of Assam stranded in the flood-hit state," Prasad said.An estimated 60,000 people from the state work in Kerala, and ASMDA officials said that all of them are safe, but desperate to return home. Mohammad Rahimul Alam from Hojai, who runs a perfume business with his elder brother Rubel Ahmed in Cochin, have helped nearly 300 people from Assam stranded in the flood in different parts of Ernakulam district..