Summary:
Altogether, 68,000 people are still living in 328 relief camps in various districts.As on Saturday, over 1.18 lakh hectares of farm land are under water, compared to 1.23 lakh hectares on Friday. A total of 51,192 people have been evacuated by NDRF, SDRF, CRPF, the Army and police since the second wave of deluge hit the state. Morigaon continued to be the worst-hit district with 5.30 lakh people hit by the deluge. In the second wave of floods that hit the state on August 10, large swathes of agricultural land covering nearly four lakh hectares were submerged.On Saturday, 1,486 people were rescued from flood-hit districts. GUWAHATI: The death toll in floods increased to 148 on Saturday with three more deaths reported from Bilasipara in Dhubri , Laharighat in Morigaon and Bokakhat in Golaghat district..