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Nadda visits Assam flood village by tractor
Times of India··6 Aug
Union Health Minister JP Nadda visited flood-hit Nepali Khuti in Sivasagar, Assam, on August 5, travelling by tractor with Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma. He assured full Centre support for ongoing relief work. The Assam State Disaster Management Authority put the death toll at 89, with about 1.22 lakh people still affected across five districts.
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What It Means For You
- Families in flooded Assam districts can read the visit as a signal of Centre-state coordination on relief.
- Anyone tracking the toll should note ASDMA's figure of 89 deaths and about 1.22 lakh people still affected.
- Donors and volunteers can focus aid on five districts where displacement and cut roads persist.
What's Happening
- Union Health Minister JP Nadda visited Nepali Khuti in Sivasagar on August 5 by tractor with Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma.
- He assured full Centre support for flood relief in the village.
- ASDMA put the death toll at 89, with about 1.22 lakh people still affected across five districts.
Why Tractor Access Still Defines Assam Flood Relief
- When monsoon water cuts roads, even ministerial access becomes a measure of how isolated villages remain.
- Assam's Brahmaputra floodplain faces repeated inundation, so relief visits sit inside a longer disaster cycle.
- Death and displacement counts from ASDMA remain the clearest public yardstick while waters recede.
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