Overview
- The boxer made the appeal on Tuesday from Glasgow, saying the floods have left many people without food, water or clothes and that the crisis is affecting her focus at the Commonwealth Games.
- State disaster officials report 68 people have died and about 445,495 have been affected, with more than 700 villages under water and Charaideo and Sivasagar among the worst-hit districts.
- Lovlina is assured of at least a bronze medal in the women's 75kg draw and said her personal team and Assam government units are working to deliver essential supplies to affected communities.
- Local volunteers and government relief teams are active but stretched by the scale of need, and shortages of basic items persist across multiple districts.
- Assam faces recurrent monsoon floods and this event is described as one of the worst in recent years, giving Lovlina’s high-profile plea the potential to increase donations and public attention to relief operations.