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Assam CM Sonowal instructs district administrations to provide necessary help at flood relief camps

<span style="color: #222222;">Assam Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal has said that instruction has been given to district administrations to provide necessary help at flood relief camps. </span><span style="color: #333333;"><br />'' <br />'' </span><span style="color: #222222;">Talking to AIR News, he said that the Assam government is monitoring the flood situation round the clock. Mr. Sonowal said that NDRF and SDRF teams are extending support in affected areas. </span><span style="color: #333333;"><br />'' <br />'' </span><span style="color: #222222;">He said that the landslide has become another problem and for that vulnerable areas are being identified.</span><span style="color: #333333;"><br />'' <br />'' </span><span style="color: #222222;">AIR Correspondent reports, there is no respite from flood fury in the state as several major rivers including the Brahmaputra are in spate. NDRF and SDRF teams are extending support in relief and rescue measures to district administrations. </span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">9 lakh people are reeling under the fury of floods in 23 districts in the state.  Road communication is badly disrupted at many places. Surging water also damaged at least 56,000 hectare crop areas. 27,000 people had to leave their homes and have been shifted to relief camps. 2 persons lost their lives today.  Apart from floods, landslides have also been reported in many areas including Guwahati city.</span><br />''  

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