Assam floods: 61 dead, 11 lakh affected; districts still cut off, says CM
Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said on Friday that a quarter of the flood-hit areas in Sivasagar and Charaideo districts remained cut off almost a week into an unprecedented deluge that has killed 61 people. He said nearly 11 lakh people across more than 2,000 villages have been affected, with heavy rain continuing to waterlog parts of Guwahati and other areas.