Assam chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Thursday stated the district administration has been placed on alert forward of Bhutan‘s determination to launch extra of water from the Kurichu dam.

“The Royal Government of Bhutan has informed us that tonight there will be an excess release of water from the Kurichu Dam. We have alerted our district administrations to remain vigilant and assist the people in every possible way in case the water breaches the Beki and Manas rivers”, Sarma tweeted.

Last month, nearly half a million people throughout 19 districts of the state had been affected by the floods throughout the north japanese state. Barpeta, Dhubri, Dhemaji, Dibrugarh, Kokrajhar, Kamrup and Nalbari had been among the many affected districts as per the Assam State Disaster Management Authority (ASDMA).

Bajali was the worst-affected district, affecting 2,67,253 individuals. In this district, 15,841 individuals had taken refuge in 73 shelter camps. The Assam authorities authorities offered meals to the inmates in these camps.

Due to floods, 10,782 hectares of cropland had been submerged by the flood-water which resulted within the destruction of huge quantities of agriculture merchandise.

A report by impartial coverage analysis assume tank The Council on Energy Environment and Water said that an estimated 72 per cent of districts in India are uncovered to excessive flood occasions however solely 25 per cent of them have degree flood forecasting stations.

Despite excessive publicity to floods, Assam, Bihar, Uttar Pradesh, Odisha, and Sikkim are the best-performing states when it comes to flood early warning methods (EWS), the report added.