In Assam, the flood situation in Lakhimpur, Dhemaji, Sonitpur, Sivsagar, Jorhat and Barpeta districts remains unchanged. Assam State Disaster Response and Information Centre said Wednesday evening that a total of 513 villages have been affected by flood in last 24 hours. Flood also affected over 3 lakh 34 thousand people in these districts. The district administrations have intensified the relief works mostly in Dhemaji, Lakhimpur and Sonitpur districts. District administration of Lakhimpur has set up 250 relief camps while in Dhemaji 2 numbers of camp opened at Jonai. A total of around 1 lakh 39 thousand people are taking shelter in the camps. District authorities distributed relief items like rice, salt, dal, tarpuline and hand tubewell.Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi on Wednesday made an aerial survey of the flood-ravaged Lakhimpur, Dhemaji and Jorhat districts. He also visited the flood-affected areas of major river island Majuli and the Kaziranga National Park. Later the Chief Minister reviewed the overall flood and river bank erosion situation with the Upper Assam Commissioner Syed Iftikar Hussain at Jorhat Circuit House. The meeting was attended by top officials of Water Resources and district authorities. Mr. Gogoi instructed the authorities to take up relief and rescue operations in the flood-hit areas on war-footing. Meanwhile, two persons reportedly drowned at Machkhowa in Dhemaji district on Wednesday. Around 85 thousand people in 212 villages have been affected in the current wave of floods in the district. In Lakhimpur district, over one lakh fifty thousand people in 105 villages are being hit.Meanwhile, over 60 persons reportedly died due to spread of Japanese encephalitis in several districts during last two weeks. The disease is spreading in an epidemic dimension mostly in tea garden localities. The State Health Department has launched massive awareness drives in the disease-affected areas. Special medical teams have been rushed to those areas.