Though the Brahmaputra, Subansiri and Dhansiri along with their tributaries were flowing above the danger level across the state, they were on a receding trend with the flood waters ebbing from many of the affected 2594 villages and 2,26,902 hectare farmland, official sources said today.
The affected districts are Barpeta, Darrang, Dhemaji, Dibrugarh, Golaghat, Goalpara, Jorhat, Kamrup (Rural), Kamrup (Metro), Lakhimpur, Morigaon, Nagaon, Nalbari, Sivsagar, Sonitpur, Tinsukia, Dhubri, Baksa and Udalguri.
Major portions of the world-famed rhino habitats Kaziranga National Park and Pobitora Wildlife Sanctuary, besides Dibru Saikhowa National Park were, however, still under water forcing the animals there to take shelter on the highlands constructed inside the Park or go across to the nearby hilly areas.
In KNP four rhinos, 14 Hog Deer, three wild boar and a sabar deer were killed by the floods, while in DSNP one wild piglet died and a wild elephant were stranded in the swamp, they said.
Nearly 16 lakh animals and poultry were hit by the third wave of deluge this month when 10729 big and small animals as well as poultry were washed away, the sources said.
The National and State Disaster Response Forces and the army were pressed into service along with mechanised boats for rescuing the flood affected people.