PM Narendra Modi to visit Assam on August 1 as flood toll rises to 82

While former chief minister Tarun Gogoi had wondered why Modi could not find time to visit Assam, his son and Lok Sabha member Gaurav Gogoi in a tweet on Thursday said, “Both Gujarat and Assam should have got aid. But election-bound states matter more. BJP calculates to help people on the basis of votes.” Meanwhile, the death toll in the current floods in Assam on Saturday rose to 82 with three more deaths reported from Morigaon district in central Assam. Though the flood-waters of the Brahmaputra, the Barak and most other rivers have receded, about 1,000 people in six districts were still reeling under floods on Saturday.

The floods have also fully damaged over 3,000 houses belonging to individuals, apart from partially damaging about 23,000 houses in 29 districts in the past two months. A preliminary assessment by the Assam government earlier in the week had put the flood damage at Rs 2939 crore.