Guwahati, August 2 (IANS): Assam's flood situation has significantly improved in the past ten days, with the number of affected people declining by over two-thirds to nine lakh as on Sunday against 28 lakh on July 24, officials said. The respite in the monsoon rains since July 24 lay behind the improvement in the flood situation in Assam and other northeastern states, India Meteorological Department (IMD) officials said. Assam State Disaster Management Authority (ASDMA) officials said that nine lakh people in 1,087 villages continue to be distressed, though the number has dropped since July 24 when over 28 lakh people in 2,543 villages of 26 districts were affected. A total of 51,770 hectares of crops are still flooded, but the area has come down from 122,573 hectares as on July 24. According to officials, of the 9 lakh affected people in 19 of the 33 districts, 6.26 lakh are in the state's six western districts -- Goalpara, Morigaon, Bongaigaon, Barpeta, Golaghat, and Dhubri, as well as the eastern district of Lakhimpur.
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