Guwahati: Union home minister Rajnath Singh today visited Assam to take stock of the damage caused by the floods there. Assam is reeling under heavy flood which has affected at least 18 lakh people across 3,374 villages in 22 districts in the state.
Mr. Singh, accompanied by Union Minister of State for Home Kiren Rijiju and Minister for DoNER Jitendra Singh, will take stock of the situation in the districts of Nagaon and Morigaon besides the Kaziranga national park.
Almost 80 per cent of the Kaziranga national park is submerged in water.
The home minister conducted an aerial survey and meet flood-affected people in Morigaon district.
Mr. Singh is expected to meet Assam Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal and state government officers in Guwahati before returning to Delhi in the evening.
Flood situation in Assam has worsened with five more deaths taking the toll to 13 in the current deluge.
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.
Mr. Singh, accompanied by Union Minister of State for Home Kiren Rijiju and Minister for DoNER Jitendra Singh, will take stock of the situation in the districts of Nagaon and Morigaon besides the Kaziranga national park.
Almost 80 per cent of the Kaziranga national park is submerged in water.
The home minister conducted an aerial survey and meet flood-affected people in Morigaon district.
Mr. Singh is expected to meet Assam Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal and state government officers in Guwahati before returning to Delhi in the evening.
Flood situation in Assam has worsened with five more deaths taking the toll to 13 in the current deluge.
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.