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Floods, Covid-19 Hobble 2 Of India’s Poorest States

Jul 28, 2020 | Pratirodh Bureau

Flood-affected villagers disembark a boat at Kachua village in Assam's Nagaon district

Floods caused by heavy monsoon rains in two of India’s poorest states have displaced or affected 8 million people and killed 111 since May, authorities said on Tuesday, at a time when coronavirus cases have swelled there.

The Brahmaputra river in the northeastern state of Assam is flowing above the “danger level” in many places, while heavy rains that began this week in Bihar will last until Wednesday, officials say.

Since the start of the monsoon season on June 1, Assam has received 15% more rainfall than a 50-year average and Bihar 47% more, according to the country’s weather department.

The floods in Assam, where at least nine one-horned rhinos have drowned in an inundated national park, have so far affected 5.7 million people, more than 45,000 of whom are still sheltered in makeshift relief centres.

In Bihar, floods have stranded more than 2.4 million people, with around 12,800 staying in government shelters, complicating efforts by officials to enforce social distancing measures to halt the spread of the novel coronavirus in the state.

It has so far reported more than 41,000 infections, with 255 deaths from the COVID-19 disease, straining health resources in the state.

“The number of COVID patients in Bihar is higher than expected,” Naveen Chandra Prasad, the state’s director-in-chief of public health, told Reuters. “Floods and COVID are a combined problem for us.”

Assam, meanwhile, is preparing for a peak in coronavirus infections in mid-September. It has so far reported more than 33,500 cases, with 86 deaths.

Tags: Assam, Bihar, Brahmaputra river, coronavirus, COVID-19, floods, Monsoon, Pratirodh, relief centres

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