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Heavy monsoons are a yearly occurrence in Assam, resulting in
flooding and landslides which force residents to flee their
homes, often leaving behind their belongings.
The Brahmaputra River, one of the largest rivers in the world
which flows from Tibet to India and finally into Bangladesh,
burst its banks in Assam, inundating more than 1,800 villages in
26 districts this month.
"Twenty people have died in separate incidents of drowning and
five more were killed in landslides in the past 10 days," said
Pijush Hazarika, Assam's water resources minister, adding that
water levels were receding.
Parts of the railway network were devastated.
Authorities have also set up 366 relief camps across 20
districts, providing temporary shelter for more than 95,000
people. Roads, homes and buildings have been inundated by flood
waters in parts of the state.
(Reporting by Zarir Hussain in Guwahati; Editing by Kim Coghill)
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