Assam CM releases flood report prepared by Cotton University and SITA
Oct 16, 2022, at 03:07 am
Guwahati: Assam Chief Minister Dr. Himanta Biswa Sarma released a report on flood and its impact on livelihood in rural Assam at a function held at Janata Bhawan today.
Assam CM Himanta Biswa Sarma visits flood-affected areas of Hojai district
Jul 12, 2022, at 03:02 am
Guwahati/IBNS: Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Monday visited flood and erosion hit areas of Hojai district and took stock of relief measures taken by the district administration.
Assam CM reviews flood situation with DCs through video conference
Jul 01, 2022, at 03:23 am
Guwahati/IBNS: Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Thursday held a video conference with the Deputy Commissioners of flood-affected districts of the state and reviewed the present scenario and various measures taken by the district administration to provide relief to the affected people.
Assam floods: Aamir Khan donates Rs. 25 lakhs to CM relief fund
Jun 28, 2022, at 03:33 am
Mumbai/IBNS: Bollywood star Aamir Khan donated Rs. 25 lakhs to the chief minister relief fund of Assam to help in the rehabilitation of flood victims of the state.
May 30, 2022, at 12:03 am
Cachar, May 29: At a time when an IAS couple – Sanjeev Khirwar and his wife Rinku Dugga, both 1994 batch officers of the AGMUT cadre, were transferred by the Centre after it was claimed that the IAS couple used to walk their dog at the Thyagraj Stadium in Delhi and the athletes were being forced to finish their training for it, another IAS officer from Assam was seen as walking through mud in flood-hit areas.
Assam flood situation marginally improves, central team to visit flood-hit districts
May 27, 2022, at 08:06 pm
Guwahati: The overall flood situation in Assam has been gradually improving as flood water is receding in most of the districts.
Central team visits Assam to review flood situation
May 27, 2022, at 05:50 am
Guwahati/IBNS: An Inter-Ministerial Central Team (IMCT) from the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA), reached Guwahati on Thursday and interacted with the Revenue and Assam State Disaster Management Authority (ASDMA) officials as a part of their scheduled field for damage assessment of recent flood and landslide in the state.
Assam flood: Death toll rises to 7
May 23, 2022, at 11:49 pm
Guwahati: The toll in devastating Assam floods has risen to 24 with six more deaths in the last twenty-four hours.
Assam : 2.25 lakh people affected in fresh wave of floods
Sep 28, 2020, at 07:08 am
Guwahati/IBNS: Nearly 2.25 lakh people of nine districts of Assam have been affected in the fresh wave of flood.
Sonowal visits flood and erosion hit areas of Lakhimpur and Dhemaji
Jul 30, 2020, at 01:45 am
Guwahati/IBNS: Braving inclement weather and incessant rain, Assam Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal on Wednesday visited the erosion and flood hit areas of Lakhimpur and Dhemaji districts.
Dalai Lama expresses solidarity with Assam flood victims
Jul 18, 2020, at 02:46 am
Guwahati/IBNS: Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama has written to Assam Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal expressing his sadness at the loss of lives and damage properties in the devastating flood in Assam.
Assam flood: Nearly 36 lakh people affected, death toll rises to 76
Jul 18, 2020, at 02:31 am
Guwahati/IBNS: The current spate of flood in Assam has claimed five more lives on Friday taking the state's death toll to 76.
Over 39.79 lakh people of 27 districts affected in Assam flood, death toll rises to 71
Jul 17, 2020, at 04:38 am
Guwahati/IBNS: The flood situation in Assam is still grim as the deluge claimed five more lives in the state on Thursday taking the death toll to 71.
Assam CM visits flood-hit Kaziranga National Park
Jul 17, 2020, at 04:07 am
Guwahati/IBNS: Assam Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal on Thursday visited the submerged areas of Kaziranga National Park through a speed motorboat via Mora Difalu River under Bagori Range of the Park and took stock of the condition of the marooned animals and measures taken by the Park authority to ensure their protection.
Slight improvement in Assam flood situation, 1.49 million people affected, death toll surges to 33
Jul 01, 2020, at 11:10 pm
Guwahati/IBNS: The overall flood situation in Assam showed a slight improvement on Wednesday with many rivers flowing below danger level mark at many places in the state.
Over 2.20 lakh people affected in Assam floods, death toll rises to 15
Jun 26, 2020, at 04:38 pm
Guwahati/IBNS: The flood situation in Assam turned grim with more than 2.20 lakh people in 13 districts of the state affected in the second wave of floods.
Fresh flood submerged 10 villages in Assam’s Mariani
Aug 18, 2019, at 08:23 pm
Guwahati, Aug 18 (IBNS): The fresh flood waters of Teok river have submerged at least 10 villages in Mariani area in Assam’s Jorhat district on Sunday.
Diageo India donates Rs 1crore to Assam CM's Relief Fund in support of flood relief
Aug 18, 2019, at 05:26 pm
Diageo India donates Rs 1crore to Assam CM's Relief Fund in support of flood relief
Opposition Congress, AIUDF walk out of Assam assembly session over flood and erosion issue
Jul 26, 2019, at 03:18 pm
Guwahati, July 26 (IBNS): The first day of the monsoon session of the Assam assembly witnessed a situation as oppositions staged massive protest and walked out at the beginning hours of the session over the present flood and erosion problems of the state.
Assam flood death toll rises to 62
Jul 20, 2019, at 09:20 pm
Guwahati, July 20 (IBNS): The death toll in monsoon flooding in Assam has moved up to touch 62 as still over 4.4 million people and animals continue to face hardships in the state.
Assam flood: 110 animals, including 10 rhinos, die in Kaziranga
Jul 20, 2019, at 06:48 pm
Guwahati, July 20 (IBNS): The Kazirnaga National Park, a World Heritage Site, which hosts two-third of the one horned rhinoceros, has lost around 110 wild animals so far in the devastating flood that has hit Assam and disrupted normal life in the state.
Modi calls Sonowal and takes stock of Assam flood situation, CM meets flood-affected people
Jul 15, 2019, at 07:29 pm
Guwahati, Jul 15 (IBNS): While Assam is reeling under the devastating flood with over 26 lakh people being affected, Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal on Monday said that, the state government has taken all adequate measures to help the flood-affected people.
Sep 15, 2018, at 04:14 pm
Guwahati, Sept 15 (IBNS) : Assam flood situation worsened after flood waters have submerged 264 villages in six districts of the state and affected over 97,000 people in the state.
Over 80,000 people affected in Assam flood, 45 people dies
Aug 08, 2018, at 06:36 pm
Guwahati, Aug 8 (IBNS): The flood situation in Assam still grim while over 80,000 people of three districts of the state remain affected.
Assam flood situation worsens, death toll mounts to 43
Aug 05, 2018, at 12:45 pm
Guwahati, Aug 5 (IBNS): The flood situation in Assam is still grim with nearly 1.1 lakh people of six districts being affected and the death toll rising up to 43 so far.
Assam flood : Over 4.25 lakh people affected, three people drown, one die in landslide
Jun 16, 2018, at 05:59 pm
Guwahati, June 16 (IBNS): The flood situation in Assam is still grim while flood waters inundated more areas, affecting over 4.25 lakh people and claiming three more lives in the state, on Saturday as death toll mounted due to flood and landslides to seven.
Sonowal meets Jaitley-Prabhu and requests centre’s help for new Industrial Policy
Sep 17, 2017, at 12:51 am
Guwahati, Sept 16 (IBNS) : Assam Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal on Saturday called on Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley at the latter’s official residence at 2 Krishna Menon Marg in New Delhi and apprised him of the challenges posed by flood and erosion in Assam and sought his intervention for early release of the pending amount under the Flood Management Programme.
Sonowal pitches for early restoration of train services to help flood victims
Aug 23, 2017, at 12:56 am
Guwahati, Aug 22 (IBNS): Taking note of the ordeal faced by the passengers in the wake of disrupted rail link of North East Region with the rest of the country, Assam Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal requested Union Minister of Railways Suresh Prabhakar Prabhu to restore train services.
Current flood claims 229 animal lives including 15 rhinos in Kaziranga
Aug 20, 2017, at 01:15 am
Guwahati, Aug 19 (IBNS): The second wave of devastating flood has claimed at least 229 animals' lives including 15 one-horned rhinos in Assam’s Kaziranga National Park.
Assam reels under severe flood : Death toll mounts to 104
Aug 14, 2017, at 03:52 am
Guwahati, Aug 13 (IBNS) : Flood situation in Assam on Sunday turned more critical after flood waters of Brahmaputra and its tributaries had submerged more areas and affected over 23 lakh people of 21 districts in the state.