Rivers in spate, trigger erosion in many districts The flood situation in the state showed signs of slight improvement on Saturday with the number of affected districts coming down to five from six on Friday. No fresh casualty has been reported from the affected districts. At least 67,449 people from 91 villages across Lakhimpur, Jorhat, Sivasagar, Charaideo and Karimganj are still affected by the floods. According to reports, 67,976 people across Cachar, Hailakandi and Karimganj in the Barak valley and Lakhimpur, Jorhat and Charaideo in upper Assam were affected on Friday. However, the total area of inundated croplands has increased from 690 hectare on Friday to 1,101.18 hectare on Saturday. However, Assam State Disaster Management Authority has reported that Desang river in Sivasagar, Dhansiri river in Golaghat and Jia Bharali river in Sonitpur are still flowing above the danger level. The rising water level of tributaries of the Brahmaputra has also triggered erosion at several places in Biswanath, Jorhat and Sivasagar. At least 33,700 are still affected in Charaideo, which is the highest number of people to have been affected among the five districts. It is followed by Lakhimpur with 26,534 people affected. Over 500 people from five districts have taken shelter in 19 relief camps. Barak valley, from where majority of the deaths were reported, was the worst affected in the current wave of flood that hit the state on June 12, but the situation has significantly improved now. As of now, 4,600 people still remain affected in Karimganj district in Barak valley. Including the three casualties due to landslides in Dima Hasao, 32 people have died across the state in the floods this year.

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