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Assam flood toll reaches 100 as 1.37 lakh people remain affected
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Assam’s flood response will shift toward compensation and embankment scrutiny as deaths keep rising.

This is now a major humanitarian and governance story. The death toll, displacement and infrastructure damage will keep pressure on the state’s relief machinery and compensation planning.

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This is now a major humanitarian and governance story. The death toll, displacement and infrastructure damage will keep pressure on the state’s relief machinery and compensation planning.

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Assam’s floods have turned deadlier, with two more deaths taking the toll to 100. More than 1.37 lakh people across seven districts remain affected, including nearly 70,000 in Golaghat, while authorities are running 125 relief camps for nearly 50,000 displaced people. Floodwaters have covered 456 villages and damaged crops and infrastructure across the state.

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Assam flood toll reaches 100 as 1.37 lakh people remain affected

Relief camps are expanding, but the scale of displacement and crop damage shows the crisis is far from over.

Economic Times·2h ago
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