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SITUATION REPORT - FLOODS

NATURE OF HAZARD: FLOODS DATE: 31.07.04 at 7.00 PM

Heavy floods in Assam have affected all the 27 districts of the state. These districts are , , Shivsagar, , , Nagoan, Morigaon, Kamrup, Kamrup Metro, Darrang, Sonitpur, , Lakhimpur, , Berpetta, , , , , Chirang, Karbi Anglong, , Hailakhandi, Cachar, Udalguri, North Cachar Hills and Baska.

The worst affected districts are Kamrup, , Dhubri, Chirang, and , Karimganj, Dhemaji, Karbu Anglong, Dibrugarh, Cachar

Heavy rainfall received is recorded to be above normal in the state and in the neighboring uphill states and countries, occurring for a sustained period starting since the last week of June, resulted in the rise of water levels of the river network of Brahmaputra and it’s tributaries in the state, submerging a Large no. of villages. Everything submerged – a village in

Added to the rise in the water level, breaches along the river & dam embankments, release of water from Bhutan, landslides and sudden change of course by rivers, aggravated and deteriorated overall flood situation of the state, rendering millions of people homeless. The flood has also caused widespread damages to human life, property, standing crops, flood control embankments, tea gardens and other basic infrastructure in the state. Most of the wild life sanctuaries - , National Parks of Manas, Orang and Dibru-Saikhowa, and Wild Life Sanctuaries Burha Chapori, Pobitora, Laokhowa and Bornodi were also under the grip of floods. Hundreds of animals have been reported to have got killed in this wave of flood.

A total 12.29 million people have been affected and as per the preliminary assessment, about 60 percent of the crops have been destroyed affecting 1.2 million farm families. Crop area affected so far is 1.15 million hectares. Similarly a damage to houses has been reported in large scale. A total of 5, 71,128 houses have been damaged. In some districts the gushing water completely washed away the house even.

CURRENT SITUATION :

Overall flood situation of the state is improving with the receding of the rivers and less rainfall over the state and adjoining areas in the past few days and there has been no fresh damages reported except the increase in the death toll. A total of 209 people have been report dead by this current wave of floods. Situation in the districts of Karimganj, Morigaon, Cachar, Nagaon and Goalpara is improving very marginally and in Barpeta, Bongaigaon and Island it remains grim. Army, Air Total population - census 2001 Force and specialist Search AFFECTED POPULATION IN FLOODS-2004 AS ON 30TH JULY, 2004 Total Population affected in floods -2004 and Rescue (SAR) team of 3,000,000 Central Institute of Security

Forces (CISF) are carrying 2,500,000 2,515,030 out relief operations and at 2,315,387 vulnerable points they 2,000,000

remain deployed to meet 1,677,874 1,642,420 1,634,589 1523500 1,503,943 1501242

any emergency. 1,500,000 1,442,141 1342496 1190500 1,172,056 1,150,146 1,138,184 1,052,802 1040000 1,009,197 The total no. of villages 1,003,678 945,781

1,000,000 930,404 906,315 889,325 822,306 812,320 affected -10,502 nos. 775,874 715032 618875 569,468 544826 remains constant to that of 542,978 481477 458000 500,000 450495 343545 307200

affected villages reported 275800 247378 216000 186,189 184184 150000 125800 119860 106253 87850 74135 70120 yesterday. But water logging 60000 63000 has made life miserable in 0 0 0 0 0 0 Jorhat Dhubri Baksa Baksa Nalbari Cachar Chirang Nagaon Barpeta Kamrup Darrang Dhemaji Udalguri Sonitpur Tinsukia Sibsagar Golaghat Goalpara Marigaon Kokrajhar Dibrugarh Karimganj Lakhimpur Kamrup(M) Bongaigaon Karbi Anglong Karbi

FLOOD AFFECTED DISTRICTS IN ASSAM Hills Cachar North some of the areas. Shelter camps are still operational in all the districts except Nalbari, Morigaon, N.Lakhimpur, Shivsagar, Udalguri, North Cachar Hills and Baksa. People have started moving to their houses, with the receding of the waters but potholes and breaches has restricted the movements of the people in few areas. 13, 81, 446 flood victims have taken refuse in 1,406 relief camps, being run in different districts. There is a likely chance of decrease in the relief camps in coming days, as there is no forecast for heavy rainfall in the northeastern states.

Transportation of essential commodities has been affected due to damages to the roads in the state. With the non availability of pure drinking water, waterborne diseases have gained momentum and cases like diarrhea, & dysentery and fever cases are on increase.

As per the Central Water Commission (CWC) report released –on 31th July, Brahmaputra & it’s tributaries, Dhansiri, Kopili, and Kushiyara are flowing above the danger level in the northern upper districts and Brahmaputra has got a rising trend in the districts of Dibrugarh, Jorhat and Sonitpur as well. Similarly Dhansiri in has got a rising trend. With the rising of the rivers,

DAMAGE DETAILS:

No. of No. Area No. of Cropped area Loss of House Population Relief No. of of District affected village affected Human damaged affected camps/ inmates Cattle (Hectares) (Nos.) (Hectares) lives (F/P) Shelter lost Kamrup 225500.00 650 1342496 61451.00 145 197307 13 55 230161 Kamrup(M) 15326.00 70 87850 3571.43 9 2060 23 1100 Nalbari 112850.00 609 450495 62864.00 17 176 10000 Barpeta 253150.00 831 1190500 106204.00 156 120000 37 255 28806 Morigaon 102916.00 598 715032 56973.00 39 127 46924 Darrang 568496.00 388 481477 318473.00 60 47900 8 10179 Sonitpur 23685.00 272 247378 14821.00 10 9862 7 1078 Goalpara 72965.00 505 544826 33896.00 73 94900 4 5640 5340 Jorhat 108700.00 208 216000 17300.00 1 100 692 Dhubri 1604781.20 1016 1523500 20988.00 82 121000 7 476 10801 N.Lakhimpur 104193.00 460 343545 31341.00 4 609 515 Hailakandi 87250.00 205 125800 10100.00 40 7900 3 4100 Karimganj 118324.00 703 618875 19124.00 149 365826 5 108 14305 Dhemaji 74302.00 675 307200 54220.00 62 12293 2 533 Bongaigaon 59726.00 473 458000 21200.00 104 102910 6 29199 Kokrajhar 73953.00 127 74135 58973.00 5 571 5 50 9760 Karbi- 12931.00 200 150000 6632.00 9 5155 1 1468 Anglong Chirang 26910.00 257 275800 1541.06 13 3964 7 16 4334 Tinsukia 28500.00 116 60000 8400.00 2 235 1000 2000 Dibrugarh 9260.00 134 184184 6054.00 28 6569 1910 Golaghat 42763.00 101 106253 62500.00 0 0 2 950 Nagaon 241200.00 890 1501242 112801.00 260 124952 11 50 92427 Shivsagar 8710.00 105 63000 2100.00 50 Cachar 282950.00 540 1040000 63924.00 198 143201 10 580 60223 Udalguri 13375.00 254 119860 4120.00 1 4273 N.C.Hills 55 70120 205.20 (land slide & flood) 824 Baksa 60 Total 4272716.2 10502 12297568 1159776.69 1406 1366704 209 8650 571128

• Agriculture sector: 12, 00,000 farming families have been badly affected. The major kharif crop, Bao Ahu and Sali paddy (winter rice) and other crops have been affected in about 1.1 million hectares and crop damage to the extent of 60percent and above has been assessed. Name of Crop Area affected Extent of Area damaged (Hectares) Damage (%) (Hectares) 1. Regular Ahu 1,48,500 80 1,18,800 Name of Crop Area affected Extent of Area damaged (Hectares) Damage (%) (Hectares) 2. Winter rice (Bao + Sali) 2,75,781 80 2,20,625 3. Sali (Seedling) 74,335 80 59,468 4. Sugarcane 3,939 30 1,182 5. Jute 28,818 50 14,409 6. Others a. Summer vegetables. 31,394 80 25,115 b. Other minor crops. 36,533 50 18,267 Uncovered area (Winter rice) 5,00,000 - - TOTAL : 10,99,000 4,57,866

• Road Network : As per the Public Works Department reports - A total of 592 kms of National Highways and 3597 kms of State highways and rural roads have been damaged by the current wave of foods. 501 no. of bridges have also been damaged in total till date.

Status of the National Highways (NH):-

- NH -31 between Nalbari and Berpetta has been breached by 20 metres. A stretch of 81 kms between Abhayapur in to Chansari in Kamrup on this highway has been damaged. After the disruption of traffic through NH-31 on the South Bank, an alternative channel of road communication to the rest of were routed from through the NH-37 via Goalpara in the North Bank of the Brahmaputra.. - A stretch of 1 km on NH-37 in Tinsukia districts has been damaged. Flood waters of the Kopilli and Killing rivers have overtopped the NH at Palahguri and have thus disrupted the communication between Lower and Upper Assam. Significantly this is the only link between the State’s northern part and rest of the country. Traffic movement on the NH in Nagaon Division and Dibrugarh division has been closed. - NH-39 connecting Guwahati - has been cutoff due to landslides at three places. - NH-44 connecting Assam- Agartala () has been restored but it is still under water at several places. The road was cutoff due to a major landslide at Sonarpur in . About 300 meters of the highway had got blocked. Although the road was operational after clearing off the Debris at Sonarpur, but due to heavy rains, it has again been cut off due to it’s submergence at Badarpur in Assam. This is the only lifeline highway for entire , Tripura, and . On the same highway road communication from Karimganj to Guwahati via Jowai, was restored but due to over topping of flood water in Kalain area, vehicular movement has been suspended since 21st July. Presently there is no road communication to Guwahati from Karimganj. But road communication from Karimganj to has been restored. - NH-52 has been overtopped at Telijan point about two kilometers from Dhemaji town (Samarjan) since 19th July and in many other places in Dhemaji districts. - NH-53 Silchar-Imphal road has been disrupted due to overflowing of river Barak at several places. - NH-54 Extension road- the 184 km long road between Lumding-Silchar in North Cachar hills has been damaged at several places due to landslides. 8 nos. of culverts and three no. of bridges have also been damaged. - Extensive damage to NH -31B, 31C, 36, 37, 52A, 54 and 151 has submerged at various places. Traffic movement on NH-152 and 154 remains disrupted due to landslides at various points.

Status of the State Highways and Public Works Department (PWD) Roads:- - Road communication from Karimganj to Cachar and remains disrupted due to submergence of the highways since 19th July. - : The PWD roads from Bihupuria to Badati have been completely breached. - Berpetta: State PWD roads have submerged at several places and the PWD road connecting Berpetta town to NH-31 has been breached. A bridge on NH-31 has been washed away near . - Cachar : Badarpur-Jowai road remains disrupted - Jorhat :Road communication between Bongaon-Kamalabari- Garmur-Lower Majuli breached and badly affected - Baska : The main road to has been breached at 4 places. - Kamrup: PWD roads under Sonarpur and Charapur circle at Hajo bari, Panikheti, Lahapara remains disrupted. Bridges:- - The RCC Bridge no. 20/2 on Orang-Majbat-Rupa road in has been damaged. - RCC Bridge on NH-37 has developed cracks due to displacement of embankment. - The Ring Bundh at Futuri-Simina under Palashbari Revenue Circle in got breached by flood waters on 21/07/04 - • Railway Communication network: The torrential rains have damaged railway tracks on different stretches in the state and have hampered the railway transportation severely.

- Guwahati – Lumding rail track has been damaged severely. A stretch of 1.5 kilometres between Jamunamukh and Jogijan has been damaged. Around 525 metres of the track is hanging as an embankment has been washed out. Railway track washed out on the Guwahati- Lumding link - Lumding –Badarpur (hill section) has been suspended due to landslides in the North Cachar Hills since 10-7-2004. - Trains in the Rangia-North Lakhimpur- section remain disrupted. - Rail traffic between upper Assam and Guwahati remains suspended for submergence of tracks in by river Kopili and Killing. - A section of meter gauge tracks between Rangiya-Bongaigaon remains submerged.

• Telecommunication network has also been affected and links to various rural exchanges remains disrupted. 33 telephone exchanges in the districts of Bongaigaon, Nagaon, Cachar and Jorhat have reported break down in services since 13 July 2004. • A total of 84 breaches on embankments have taken place this year, of which 24 major breaches have taken place during the month of July, 2004. • Vital installations, telephone lines, educational institutions and other electricity substations are badly damaged.

PROJECTED THREATS:

• People depending on wells , tube wells for drinking water, have been submerged , therefore access to pure drinking water is in shortage . Water borne diseases is likely to be reported in the affected districts. • As roads and rail transportation has been severely affected, and boat is the only means of transportation, will affect the restoration work. With floods lasting for a longer period, non-availability of food materials in the interior areas might be a great threat. • Landslides at several places is hindering the transportation of relief materials to the marooned villages and remote areas. • Damages to the staple food crop cultivation might lead to food insecurity among marginal and poor farmers. • Waterborne diseases manifest with the receding of the flood waters and a possibility for an outbreak of waterborne diseases in the affected villages. Similarly lack of proper hygiene in the relief camps may lead to out breaks as well. Few isolated cases have been reported the health department. • • Prolonged floods might damage the plants and shrubs. • • Flood water carries large amount of silt, so fields have been covered with large deposits of sand. • • Due to large scale inundation, there were damages to grazing land and corps, thus affecting indirectly to the livestock. • • Due to inundation, there are very few storage points. The relief stock (food materials) is also getting damaged • • A bridge on NH-37 at Rangjoli has become extremely weak. Most of the traffic is plying on this weak bridge, due to disruption on NH-31. Further damages to the bridge might disrupt the transport and relief operations through this highway. • • Due to heavy inflow of water there has been tremendous pressure on the embankments. Erosion and seepage by the rivers is posing a threat to the villages on the banks of river Brahmaputra and it’s tributaries.

ADMINISTRATIVE MEASURES:

CENTRAL LEVEL: • Honorable Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh made an aerial survey of affected district and reviewed the situation with Hon’ble Chief Minister and Senior officials of the State on 20th July. Earlier Union Minister for Water Resources had reviewed the flood situation in the state. • A 12 member Central Flood Damage Assessment Team headed by Joint. Secretary, Min. of Home Affairs, Govt. of India is currently assessing the flood situation in the state . This team has further divided itself into four sub teams. • Assistance by Army and Air-Force- 27 composite flood relief columns of Army is assisting the state Government in relief and rescue operations. 11 Air Force helicopters and 69 power boats are engaged for rescue of marooned people in Kamrup, Nalbari and other districts. Army speed boats are being utilized for rescue of the affected people. 2 composite flood relief columns are providing assistance in Nalbari; 4 composite flood relief columns in Kamrup; 1 composite flood relief column in Darrang; 4 composite flood relief column in Nagoan, 8 composite flood relief column in Goalpara, 1 composite flood relief column in Morigaon, 1 column in Berpetta, 2 columns in Army Personnel during a rescue operation in Dharamtul Village Guwahati and 4 columns in cachar(Silchar). A specialist Search and Rescue (SAR)Team of Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) along with two boats and medical team have been deployed in Hajo of Kamrup and Barama of Nalbari districts • At the request of the state Government, the Central Government has made available helicopters at Guwahati, Tejpur, Dibrugarh, Jorhat and Silchar. • The Central Govt. has released a sum of Rs.462.6 million from Calamity Relief Fund for the relief operations. An addition sum of Rs. 550 million has also been released from National Calamity Relief Contingency Fund (NCCF). • Ministry of Petroleum has already released 4, 00,000 liters of Kerosene Oil as additional allocation to the state of Assam. This has been sub-allocated to the districts and sub- divisions • The Ministry of Health has sent a central team to the flood affected areas of Assam to advise the State on the actions to be taken and prevent outbreak of epidemics. National Institute of Communicable Diseases (NICD), National Vector Borne Disease Control Programme (NVBDCP) and the Regional Directors for Health & Family Welfare at and Guwahati are on high alert to check outbreak of any disease in it’s early stage. • An inter ministerial team has been constituted by , which would carry out damage assessment in Assam. • At the request of the Govt. of Assam to Govt. of India, a team of four Communication Specialists along with 4 satellite phones, eight Wireless in Local Loop (WLL) from Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) have been deployed in the affected areas. 22 HF and 44 VHF sets establishing communication network in the marooned areas. The team has 4 INMARSAT (Satellite) phones sets and 10 very high frequency sets with a connection radius of 10 Kms. The satellite phones have been installed at the ’s office, and the in the Deputy Commissioner (DC) office of Nalbari and Berpetta. The VHF sets have been equally deployed in the districts of Barpeta and Nalbari. A second batch comprising 6 members have also reached Guwahati. • Ministry of Defence has been requested by the Central Govt. to set up two bailley bridges as per the sites requested by the state government.

STATE LEVEL: • The Chief Minister has made an aerial survey of the flood situation. • The State Government has issued guidelines to all districts for taking up Search & Rescue and Relief measures in war footing. Senior officials have been assigned to carry forward the operation in a smoother way. Arrangements are on, for the procurement of food grains, medicines, bleaching powder, cattle fodder, water purifying tablets, ORS, boats and vehicles from neighboring states. • The State Govt. had requested the GOI for 5 million halogen tablets; 5 million ORS pouches; 500 MTs of DDT and 200 MTs of bleaching powder. • Rs. 500 million has been released from state funds for carrying out the flood relief & rehabilitation work in the state. • Gratuitous relief distributed: Rice: 3,55,473 qtls, Dal: 30,978 qtls, Salt: 11,223 qtls, Chira: 1,401 qtls and Gur: 245 qtls • Department of Food has been advised by the state government to expedite movement of stock to different states in North Eastern region. • The state government has requested the Railways for allotment of additional rakes of essential commodities, due to snapping of road communication at several places as well to reschedule some passenger trains and facilitates movements of the goods train. A relief camp on the road in • The government is monitoring the overall flood situation and coordinating with the neighboring states. • Additional amount has been sanctioned for distribution of relief materials like food stuff, drinking water, medicine, fodder, veterinary care to the cattle population. • All district administration has taken steps for relief and rescue operation in war footing. The officials of all line departments have been asked to assist the district administration in the relief and rescue operations. District Authorities have been asked to provide Nutritional support to children on need basis. • Health Measures: The health department has deployed 2,500 doctors for providing medical assistance to the flood victims in the affected areas. As maximum no. of water borne cases have been reported from Goalpara, 31 medical officers and 99 medical workers in 30 teams have been deployed in affected areas for extending preventive and curative measures. In Berpetta as well, medical teams are visiting the affected areas regularly. As a part of the health measure, Public Health Engineering Department is distributing water purifying chemical packets, bleaching powder packets for disinfection of water sources like tube wells, ring wells, ponds. Installation and repair of tube well are being carried out. • NGO Coordination and Flood Review:

* A coordination meeting of the NGOs and INGOs was convened by UNICEF on 22nd July. The discussion mainly focused on sectoral damages & losses caused by the current floods, health services in the relief camps, availability of human and cattle medicines & vaccines and the possible short and long term flood management plans.

* A state level NGO coordination meeting was convened on 26th July under the chairmanship of the Relief Commissioner at Guwahati city, Assam. This meeting was basically a forum for information sharing. Health, sanitation and relief related issues and contributions by each of the non governmental agencies were also shared.

ADDITIONAL ASSISTANCE:

• UNICEF has supported to the Government with 700,000 halogen tablets, 12 Metric Tonnes (MT) of Ferric Alum, 5 MT of bleaching powder and 5 MT of Lime, and 760,000 Oral Dehydration Salt sachetsas a part of pre-positioning of supplies through on-going programmes. With arequest from the State government, it is also supplying an additional quantity of 1 million halogen tablets and 500,000 Oral Dehydration Salts sachets. UNICEF staff members are also in close touch with officersof the and are also monitoring the situation closely. Another 1.89 million halogentablets are en route to Guwahati by air and will be handed over to the Director of Health Services,Government of Assam in response to a request as a part of on-going programmes of UNICEF. 1.1 MillionOral Dehydration Salt sachets are in the process of procurement and they will be transported to Guwahatifrom Saturday (24 July) onwards in batches, in response to a request from the Government of Assam. Anadditional quantity of 9 MT of bleaching powder is also being procured for ensuring the provision of safedrinking water in flood-affected areas. Apart from the provision of additional supplies requested by theGovernment, UNICEF has initiated the formation of “WATSAN groups for relief support in flood shelters” in10 districts of Assam. • The Royal Danish Embassy has extended a support to the tune of Rs. 2.3 million through Tezpur MahilaSamiti-a local NGO, for carrying out relief operations in . • OXFAM has conducted a rapid assessment in flood affected areas Dhemaji ,Nalbari ,Jorhat, Golaghat andMarigaon districts of Assam and is supporting 8,500 family kits (that includes Plastic sheets, Zeoline vials, latrine slabs, Hygiene packs and Daily ration for 7 days) to the flood affected victims as immediate relief response. • Govt. of India-UNDP, NDRM programme staff based at district and state head quarters is assisting the state and district administration in coordination of the relief operations. • The Indian Red Cross Society, Assam branch has mobilized relief worth Rs. 0.5 Million till date consisting of 300 blankets, 200 mosquito nets, beaten rice, jaggery, milk powder, utensils, salt and pulses. In addition they have provided 500 family packets with clothing and basic utensils to the affected people. • Caritas- India is carrying out relief activities in 1 Gram Panchayat of Dibrugarh, Shivsagar, Tinsukia and Jorhat districts through Seva Kendra, it’s partner NGO. Similarly it has started it’s intervention in Sonitpur, Darrang, Lakhimpur, Dhemaji, Nagaon districts through a NGO- Tezpur-office for Social work. In Kamrup and Bongaigaon it is carrying out relief activities with it’s partner NGO- Guwahati Gana Seva Society. An amount of Rs. 2.00 million has been extended for the relief activities in the above mentioned districts (food, Medical Assistance and shelter) and . • CASA has distributed dry food items, clothes, plastic sheets, household utensils and sanitation items in the villages of Nalbari, Barpeta, Nagaon and . Other non food materials supported are woolen blankets, Dhoti, Polybags, soaps, candles, and bandage. Food materials supported are rice, lentils, Mustard oil. The Dan Church Aid is funding CASA for these relief activities. • A team comprising of 5 specialist and 40 national staff of MSF- Holland is working in Kokrajhar and Bongaigaon districts. They have made a preliminary assessment of the Medical needs, water and sanitation in the area and monitoring health situation in the relief camps and have extended medical services. They also have 4 basic medical eprep kits (each serving approx. 100 people for 1 week) • World Vision India has provided Rice, lentil, oil, and medical assistance to 6000 families and Tarpaulin to 3500 families in Dhemaji, Udalguri and Kamrup District of Assam. • Action Aid is presently intervening in the districts of Nalbari, Darrang, Dhemaji and Jorhat with the help local Community Based Organisations and local NGOs. Interventions include medical support, water purification agents and disinfectants, veterinary support and shelter materials. In Morigaon, Action Aid team has started working since 22nd July and is assisting local community partners in organizing safe sanitation and drinking water awareness camps. In Nalbari, a major intervention with the support of European Union Humanitarian Aid Office (ECHO) for the most vulnerable families among the affected will be initiated. • Lutheran World Service (LWS) is supporting the flood affected victims with Halogen tablets, Bleaching powder, lime dust, 10,000 reinforced fabricated polythene sheets, non food family relief kit, mosquito net, blankets, bed sheet, adults & children garments and ration like -rice, dal, presses rice and Molasses. • ECHO has decided to fund NGO’s mainly to provide human assistance to the affected people be taken up shortly. CURRENT CURRENT• be taken NEEDS: up shortly.

• Severe damages to houses is a critical problem at present and displaced people need safe shelter houses, as temporary shelters are no sufficient in nos. • Health care services in theongoing shelter camps and centers. Post natal and neonatal care ought to be taken up. • Trained personnel are required in the districts of Goalpara, Cachar andMorigaon for rescue operation. • The state PWD roads which have been damaged at different places need immediate bridging. • Bleaching powder and Phenyl required in large quantities in the affected districts. • Shivsagar district: Medicines, vaccines including veterinary vaccines are in short supply and the district administration has requested the state government for support. • The need to plan for long term rehabilitation actions based on sectoral needs in the affected districts. • Need to carry out post flood disease surveillance assessment in the affected districts.

CHANNEL FOR DELIVERY & CONTACT DETAILS: State Control Room: Relief Commissioner’s Office : 91-361-2230982 / 2268691 / 2264847 / 91-361– 2262898 (Telephone) 2268600 (Telephone) 2226480 (Fax) 91- 361 – 2261901(Fax) Sat phone : 7639445668

Satellite phone details : Chief Secretary’s Office:7639445664 Nalbari dist. Administration :7639445660 Barpeta dist. Administration 7639445672

Detail of Airport facilities available: There are six airports located at Guwahati, Dibrugarh, Tejpur, Jorhat, Silchar & Lilabari in the state

SOURCE OF INFORMATION: • Relief Commissioners office • UNDP Assam Team • UNICEF • Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) • Central Water Commission (CWC) • Maps of India • Media reports