Assam flood toll rises to 50 , flood water starts receding in 10 District

Guwahati: With the death of one more person in Barpeta district the toll in the Assam floods on Thursday increased to 50 even as the water in 10 of the 21 districts in the state have started receding.
The districts that continued to be affected by the floods are Dhemaji, Bongaigaon, Sonitpur, Barpeta, Morigaon, Cachar, Dibrugarh, Golaghat, Dhubri, Goalpara and Nagaon, where 5.16 lakh people are affected, according to an Assam State Disaster# Management Authority report.
Over 36,000 hectares of agricultural land with standing crops were submerged in 11 districts with the Brahmaputra river flowing over the danger level in Jorhat and Dhubri districts.