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How we can have disaster-free floods, Nirmalya Chaudhary writes, holistic flood management strategies can help vulnerable communities thrive, not just survive. Assam has been ravaged by two bouts of floods in quick succession. At the peak of floods in May, some 31 districts, more than 2,000 villages, 7 lakh people and 95,000 hectares of land got affected. As the flood adversity increased, so did river bank erosion. At the peak, some 19 districts reported multiple instances of river bank erosion. The holy grail of flood protection, the embankments, got breached once again. The situation deteriorated drastically in June. Enumeration of damage starts in flood-affected areas with Godavari waters receding and water levels reducing to 13.7 feet on Friday. Officials of various departments have started enumerating losses. More than 200 medical teams are providing treatment to flood-hit victims in districts of Alluri-Sitarama-Raju, Konaseema, East and West Godavari and Kakinada. Victims of floods in ST, BC and Oda Bazaar colonies are complaining of miserable sanitary conditions. Assam floods, situation improves, number of affected people declined to 10,100 The flood situation in Assam improved on Friday. Over 10,100 people are still affected due to the deluge in three districts of the north-eastern state. Meanwhile, no flood-related death was reported in the past 24 hours. The death toll due to floods and landslides in Assam stands at 197 this year. Kutcher is the worst-hit district of the state with 6,600 people suffering from the flood, followed by Moregaon where 2,600 people are affected. A total of 900 people are still under flood water in Tamil Nadu. The number of affected people due to floods declined on Friday. On Thursday, over 17,200 people had been suffering from the deluge in four districts of the state. Assam District Collector Sumit Kumar instructed officials to submit their enumeration reports by July 25. He pointed out that power supply has been restored at Chinturu, Guduru, Malathota, Chatti, Edugorelapalli and other areas. Flood Rehabilitation Commissioner Praveen Kumar said all villages will be supplied pure drinking water in West Godavari district by reinstating all RWS schemes within 48 hours. He said water has receded except in three villages of the district. Konaseema Collector Himanshu Shukla instructed officials to enumerate damage caused by floods to commercial crops, vegetables and paddy fields in the district. For more information, please visit www.fema.gov