Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma announced on Monday that the Indian Air Force (IAF) will fly one lakh litres of fuel and petrol to Silchar on Tuesday. The town of Silchar was flooded on Monday as a result of heavy rain, prompting the district government to limit vehicular movement on many highways connecting the town. “On June 21, an IAF special jet would transport 1 lakh litres of fuel, including diesel and petrol, to Silchar,” Sarma said during a press conference in Diphu, Karbi Anglong.
“The Northeast Frontier Railway has also consented to run a special relief train,” he added, adding that nothing like this has ever happened in Assam’s history.
Floods have affected 47,72,140 people in 5,424 villages across 32 districts in Assam, according to the Assam State Disaster Management Authority (ASDMA). There are 2,31,819 inmates in 810 relief camps across the state, and seven people have gone missing in the last 24 hours.
