Assam floods: Central team completes damage assessment as death toll reaches 78

Guwahati: The Inter-Ministerial Central Team (IMCT) comprising of six members from different ministries of Government of India (GoI) wrapped-up their on-spot flood assessment visit to the worst flood affected districts Charaideo, Sivasagar, Jorhat and Golaghat of the Assam.

They held a meeting with Ravi Kota, Chief Secretary Assam. Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday met MPS from Arunachal Pradesh and Nagaland.

Modi stated in X, “Had a meeting with MPs from Arunachal Pradesh and Nagaland. We talked about the situation in these states in the wake of floods there. The Central Government will keep working with the respective state Governments to address the challenges. Praying for everyone’s wellbeing and safety”.


Assam, Arunachal Pradesh and Nagaland witnessed massive flooding and landslides recently.

In a high-level meeting L. Sweety Changsan, Additional Chief Secretary, Revenue & Disaster Management Department and Chief Executive Officer, ASDMA, briefed the Central Team on the factors of the recent flood situation in the state and the current challenges occurring due to this unprecedented calamity.

The Central Team also shared their experiences of visiting the districts across the state. The meeting was chaired by the Chief Secretary and attended by the senior officials of line departments of central agencies like NDRF, Indian Army, NF Railways, Food Corporation of India, BSNL, Department of Telecom and the district administrations of four flood affected districts in virtual mode.

The Government of Assam informed the Central Team that the recent flood situation in these districts was totally unprecedented. The districts like Charaideo and Sivasagar were never flood prone districts. However, due to the exceptionally high 181% above normal rainfall on July 19, 2026, in Nagaland, especially in Mokokchung with 493% of departure from normal rainfall, Wokha 108% and Mon 45% of departure, and localized extremely heavy rainfall in Charaideo and Sivasagar districts exacerbated inundation across the affected districts.

The Government of Assam also informed about the action taken by the government for rescue of the stranded people with the help of SDRF, NDRF, F&ES and local volunteers. Further, the relief as per the guideline was distributed to the flood affected citizens of these 4 districts. The damage assessment in the 4 flood affected districts is still going on and the final Flood memorandum from the state would be submitted to the Government of India after the flood season is over. Furthermore, some of the senior officials of different line departments of Government of Assam requested the Central Team for relaxation on the SDRF norms of Assistance to provide necessary support to these people of worst affected districts. The Central Team assured the Government of Assam for submitting their observation on the flood effects in the districts to the Central Government.

The IMCT team visited the flood affected areas of Charaideo district on July 26, Sivasagar on July 27 and Jorhat and Golaghat on July 28. The Central Team discussed the damages and losses of the livelihood and properties of the visiting districts in the meeting.

The death toll in the recent wave of floods has increased to 78 and over three lakh people continue to reel under the deluge.

The India Meteorological Department (IMD), however, forecast heavy to very heavy rainfall accompanied by thunderstorms at isolated places across the state and neighbouring Arunachal Pradesh and Nagaland over the next three days.

Altogether 3,00,031 people remained affected. More than 16,500 displaced people were taking shelter in 71 relief camps. Another 30 relief distribution centres were catering to over 72,000 people.