Guwahati (Assam) [India], July 30 (ANI): The Inter-Ministerial Central Team (IMCT), comprising six members from completely different Ministries of the Government of India (GoI), concluded its on-the-spot flood evaluation go to to the worst flood-affected districts of Charaideo, Sivasagar, Jorhat and Golaghat on Wednesday with a gathering with Assam Chief Secretary Ravi Kota.
At a high-level assembly held at Janata Bhawan in Dispur, L. Sweety Changsan, Additional Chief Secretary, Government of Assam, Revenue and Disaster Management Department, and Chief Executive Officer, Assam State Disaster Management Authority (ASDMA), briefed the Central Team on the components behind the current flood scenario within the state and the challenges arising out of the unprecedented calamity.
The Central Team additionally shared its experiences from the visits to the flood-affected districts.
The assembly, chaired by the Chief Secretary, was attended by senior officers of varied line departments of the Government of Assam, representatives of central companies, together with the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF), Indian Army, Northeast Frontier Railway, Food Corporation of India (FCI), Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) and the Department of Telecommunications (DoT), moreover the district administrations of the 4 flood-affected districts by means of digital mode.
The IMCT, led by M. Ramachandrudu, Joint Secretary (DM-II), Ministry of Home Affairs, visited Charaideo district on July 26, Sivasagar on July 27, and Jorhat and Golaghat on July 28. The workforce additionally comprised Sanjeev Kumar Suman, Director, Central Water Commission (CWC), Ministry of Jal Shakti; Mahesh Kumar, Joint Director-FCD, Department of Expenditure, Ministry of Finance; Prabhat Kumar, Deputy Secretary, Ministry of Rural Development; Dheeraj, Regional Officer, Ministry of Road Transport and Highways; and SVSP Sharma, Scientist-SF, National Remote Sensing Centre, Hyderabad.
During the assembly, the Central Team mentioned the injury to livelihoods and properties within the visited districts.
The Government of Assam knowledgeable the workforce that the current flood scenario within the 4 districts was unprecedented. It mentioned districts equivalent to Charaideo and Sivasagar had by no means been flood-prone. However, exceptionally excessive rainfall in Nagaland on July 19, 2026, together with 181 per cent above-normal rainfall, with Mokokchung recording a 493 per cent departure from regular rainfall, Wokha 108 per cent and Mon 45 per cent, together with extraordinarily heavy localised rainfall in Charaideo and Sivasagar, exacerbated inundation throughout the affected districts.
The state authorities additionally knowledgeable the workforce about rescue operations carried out with the help of the State Disaster Response Force (SDRF), NDRF, Fire and Emergency Services (F&ES) personnel and native volunteers. Relief, as per the prescribed pointers, was distributed to flood-affected residents of the 4 districts.
It additionally knowledgeable the workforce that G.R. kits (household kits) comprising rice, dal, mustard oil, salt and candles have been being dispatched from neighbouring districts to Sivasagar and Charaideo.
The authorities mentioned injury evaluation within the 4 flood-affected districts continues to be underway and that the ultimate flood memorandum could be submitted to the Government of India after the flood season.
Senior officers of varied departments of the Government of Assam additionally requested the Central Team to think about rest in SDRF help norms to supply essential assist to folks within the worst-affected districts.
The Central Team assured the Government of Assam that it will submit its observations on the flood-affected districts to the Central Government.
The assembly was additionally attended by Additional Chief Secretary, Animal Husbandry and Veterinary Department, Kailash Chand Samria; Additional Chief Secretary, Industry Department, J B Ekka; Additional Chief Secretary, Panchayat and Rural Development Department, Dr B. Kalyan Chakravarthy; and different senior officers of varied line departments of the Government of Assam. (ANI)