Inter-Ministerial Central Team Concludes Flood Damage Assessment Visit to Assam
Guwahati,Rongili Barta: 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 i.e. Charaideo, Sivasagar, Jorhat and Golaghat of the state in a meeting with Dr. Ravi Kota, IAS, Chief Secretary, Government of Assam (GoA).
In a high-level meeting at Janata Bhawan, Dispur today, L. Sweety Changsan, IAS, Addl. Chief Secretary, GoA, 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 occurred 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, GoA and attended by the senior officials of line departments of the GoA, central agencies like
NDRF, Indian Army, NF Railways, FCI, BSNL, DoT etc. and the district administrations of four flood affected districts in virtual mode.
The IMCT team comprising of the team leader Shri M. Ramachandrudu, IAS, Joint Secretary, (DM-II), Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India (GoI), Shri Sanjeev Kumar Suman, Director, CWC, Ministry of Jal Shakti, Shri Mahesh Kumar, Joint Director- FCD, DoE, Ministry of Finance, GoI, Shri Prabhat Kumar, Deputy Secretary, Ministry of Rural Development, Shri Dheeraj, Regional Officer, Ministry of Road Transport and Highways and Dr. SVSP Sharma, Scientist-SF, National Remote Sensing Centre, Hyderabad visited the flood affected areas of Charaideo district on July 26, Sivasagar on July 27 and Jorhat and Golaghat on July 28, 2026.
The Central Team discussed about the damages and losses of the livelihood and properties of the visiting districts in the meeting. 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 were distributed to the flood affected citizens of these 4 districts. Along with that, G.R. kits (family kits) comprising of rice, dal, mustard oil, Salt and candle are being dispatched from the neighbouring districts to Sivasagar and Charaideo. 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 affects in the districts to the Central Government.
The meeting was also attended by Shri Kailash Chand Samria, IAS, Addl Chief Secretary, Animal Husbandry & Veterinary Department, Shri J B Ekka, IAS, Addl. Chief Secretary, Industry Department, Dr. B. Kalyan Chakravarthy, IAS, Addl. Chief Secretary, GoA, Panchayat & Rural Development, and other senior officers of various line departments of Government of Assam.