A six year old girl child died after drowning in the flood water at New Banglajhora in Kokrajhar district today.
According to information, the child identify as Purnima Narzary, 6, of New Banglajhora relief camp slipped in the flood water and drowned.
Her body was later recovered.
The district administration has provided Rs 25,000 as part of the compensation.The rest amount of Rs 4 lakhs will be provided later, a senior official of district administration said.
District administration has been providing relief materials in smooth manner besides extending medical facilities for the flood affected peoples in the district, he added.
Several organisations including AAKRASU and ABAMSU have reportedly, called a 12-hour-long Assam bandh on January27 in protest against proposed UTC for BTAD.
These organisations are apprehensive that the Union government is going to upgrade the BTC as UTC.
Already, they have warned the Union government to abdicate such move.
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