Rajnath Singh calls flood situation in Assam 'grim'

"I visited certain flood affected areas of Assam today. The situation is grim but CM and his team are doing well in managing the situation," HMO India tweeted quoting Singh.
"NDRF teams are working on the ground. The NDRF along with SDRF and Army have saved more than 6000 lives in Assam," he said.

Singh said: "It is heartwarming to see the government and other political representatives helping the rescue and relief operations in Assam."
Rajnath Singh on Saturday visited the flood affected areas of Assam to take stock of the damage in the state.

Singh was accompanied by Union Minister of State for Home Kiren Rijiju and Minister for DoNER Jitendra Singh as a he conducted an aerial survey of  Nagaon and Morigaon districts besides the Kaziranga national park.

Almost 80 per cent of the Kaziranga national park is submerged in water.

So far 13 people have died and about 18 lakh people  in 22 districts affected in the flood in the state.

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.