Overview
- Randeep Hooda travelled to Sivasagar on Saturday and spent two days with the NGO Global Sikhs handing out ration kits, mattresses, tarpaulins and serving hot meals at the railway station.
- The Assam State Disaster Management Authority reports 82 deaths from the floods and says thousands remain displaced and are being sheltered in dozens of relief camps across multiple districts.
- Hooda told reporters that many families receive dry rations but lack stoves or gas to cook them, so volunteers set up langar to provide ready hot meals to those in camps.
- The relief push has seen contributions from celebrities and private donors and state resources, with public figures such as Kartik Aaryan and corporate donations to the chief minister’s fund boosting visibility and funds for operations.
- The floods began after unseasonal mid‑July cloudbursts that inundated Upper Assam and neighbouring hills, and relief workers say immediate needs now include cooking fuel, bedding and targeted outreach to unreached villages as rehabilitation plans take shape.