A flood of woes in Assam

Most radical crossed Assam’s flood-prone districts cognize what to expect during six rainy months successful a year, but the residents of Sivasagar and Charaideo, 2 historically safer districts on the Assam-Nagaland border, were not prepared for what deed them pursuing a spell of dense rainfall from July 18 to 22. The standard of devastation that occurred astatine an unprecedented velocity has accrued the situation of recovering from the shock, with 99 dormant and 7.21 lakh radical affected, reports Rahul Karmakar