Death deluge
Seventy-year old Kashem Ali sleeps on the roadside. There is a deathly silence all around, occasionally broken by shrill cries of people even as vultures and crows hover overhead to feast on bodies and animal carcasses strewn all over. A few metres away, 50-year old Raijuddin Shaeikh sobs inconsolably. He has lost seven family members. Raktacini, his village, is deep under water. In nearby Kholsamari and Khagrabari villages, 80 dead bodies were recovered in a day. Rescue operations are underway.
Raktacini, Kholsamari and Khagarbari fall in Goalpara district, Assam
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