GUWAHATI: The flood situation in Assam continued to remain grim with four more deaths in different areas of the State, taking the toll to 35 even as the water levels in many rivers have started receding. About 10.80 lakh people in the State’s 2,084 villages have been affected in the current floods, and 173 relief camps have been set up. Over 82,000 people have been affected by the current wave of floods in Majuli. The National Disaster Response Force (NDFR) has been continuing rescue and relief operations in the river island. Over one lakh people in the river island have taken shelter on embankments. Sources said that a team of doctors from Jorhat had left for Majuli, which has been cut off from the rest of the world for the last three days after ferry services to Nimatighat were suspended. According to the Central Water Commission, the water level of the Brahmaputra is falling in Nimatighat, Tezpur and Guwahati, but rising in Goalpara and Dhubri districts. The water levels of rivers like Subansiri, Dikhow, Jia Bharali, Kopili, Puthimara, Pagladiya and Barak are falling in Lakhimpur, Sivasagar, Sonitpur, Nagaon, Kamrup, Nalbari and Cachar respectively. The water levels of other rivers in the State, mercifully, are also falling. Over a hundred villages remained under water in Nimatighat, Janjimukh and other areas. State PWD Minister Ajanta Neog visited the places on Friday. Rohmoria and Chabua in Dibrugarh district remained inundated, while the worst-affected Dhemaji and Lakhimpur districts and large areas in Jonai, Dhakuwakhana and Machkhowa, among others, continued to reel under the swirling flood waters. In the Barak Valley, parts of Lakhipur and several nearby villages have been flooded. More than 30,000 inhabitants of these areas have been shifted to safer places for shelter. Officials of the Kaziranga National Park said that most areas of the park had been submerged by flood waters till Thursday, but the waters started to recede since Friday morning. While the Pabitora Wildlife Sanctuary is completely submerged, parts of the Manas National Park have been affected. The Rajiv Gandhi National Park at Orang in Darrang district is also among the affected parks. Mobile patrolling, using rubber boats, has been intensified in all areas inside the national parks. According to wildlife officials, floods are important for a natural park as they wash away unwanted weeds. Animals fleeing flood waters, however, face threats, they said.