Over 9 lakh hectares of agri land damaged in floods in Assam

More than nine lakh hectares of agriculture land have been damaged in floods across Assam during the last five years, the state Assembly was informed today.
In a written reply to a query by AIUDF MLA Abdur Rahim Khan, state agriculture minister Nilamani Sen Deka said a total of 9,22,342 hectares of agriculture land got damaged due to floods between 2009-10 and 2013-14.
Of this, maximum amount of land was damaged in 2011-12 and it stood at 3,90,946 hectares, followed by 2,69,652 hectares in 2012-13 and 1,87,220 hectares in 2010-11, he said adding, 74,524 hectares of farm land was damaged by flood waters in 2013-14.

Deka said there was no damage to cultivable land in 2009-10 in the state due to floods.
The government tried to help the farmers by various means such as free distribution of seeds and other farming equipment, he added.