In Assam, with one more death reported from Sipajhar area, the death toll in floods from June this year has gone up to 62.

However, the overall flood situation in the State recorded slight improvement with the Brahmaputra not showing a rising trend. The Brahmaputra is still flowing above the danger levels in Neamatighat, Goalpara and Dhubri, but is falling in Guwahati and maintaining a steady trend in Dibrugarh and Tezpur.

The daily flood report issued by the Assam State Disaster Management Authority said that 14 lakh and 42 thousand people in 19 districts of the State are still reeling under floods.

Meanwhile, asserting that the Assam Government had enough funds at its disposal to tide over the present flood crisis, Union Minister Sarbananda Sonowal on Monday said that a high-level team from will visit the State very soon to assess the havoc caused by floods and erosion.

The Centre had released 1,655 crore rupees for the State in April this year.