OngoingEmergency Relief

Assam Floods 2026

Assam, IndiaSince 2026

Floods across Upper Assam forced more than 3.32 lakh people from their homes in the last week of July 2026. Global Sikhs teams reached Sivasagar on 28 July, and they are still there.

The scale of the crisis

The flood took at least 75 lives. It covered more than 622 villages across seven districts of Upper Assam, among them Sivasagar, Charaideo, Golaghat and Jorhat, and it did most of that damage in a matter of days. The Brahmaputra and the Dhansiri rose above their danger levels at the same time.

By 29 July, more than 32,000 people had moved into relief camps. Many others slept on roadsides and embankments, because the camps were full and the rain had not stopped.

In Sivasagar, about 50 Sikh families look after the Gurdwara Sahib. They opened it to nearly 200 displaced families and cooked between 1,500 and 2,000 meals every day. It became one of the largest relief centres in the district, and neighbours ran all of it.

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Relief kits distributed: 3,000+Relief kits distributed
Villages served: 11+Villages served
Meals served daily: 2,000+Meals served daily

Our response

Teams reached Sivasagar at one o’clock on the afternoon of 28 July. They bought and handed out drinking water, tarpaulins, biscuits and sanitary napkins at Panbecha the same day. From the next morning the work split three ways: one group assessed damaged houses, one group cleaned, and one group distributed supplies.

Over the days that followed the teams worked across Bihubar, Betbari, Sonari, Bonimaijaan and Hukanpukhri. Volunteers cleared about a foot of mud and sludge from a temple and a mosque so that both could open again, and volunteers from Delhi travelled up to join that work. Langar ran every evening at Betbari and Hukanpukhri. At Soantak the team gave out more than 300 kits. At Nimaijaan, which no road reaches, they delivered 178 kits by boat. For the fifteen most vulnerable families in Sonari they bought double beds, mattresses, two bed sheets each and gas cooktops.

In Sivasagar town the team fogged the streets, the railway station shelter where more than a hundred people were sleeping outside, Rupalim Complex and Habiram Bora Path, to stop mosquito-borne disease from following the water.

The actor Randeep Hooda joined the team on the ground. He travelled into the flood-affected areas, including Nimaijaan, and went out with the boat that carried kitchen utensil kits, food and other supplies to families the road could not reach. He also spent time with families sheltering in the relief camps.

What we delivered

Immediate relief

Drinking water
Tarpaulins for temporary shelter
Biscuits and dry rations
Langar — freshly cooked meals
Odomos mosquito repellent

Hygiene and sanitation

Toiletry kits — toothbrush, toothpaste, soap, sanitary pads, candle, matchbox
80+ buckets
Chatai floor mats
Fogging to prevent disease

Recovery essentials

Double beds and mattresses
Two bed sheets for each family
Gas cooktops for 15 families
178 kits delivered by boat to Nimaijaan
Temple and mosque cleared of sludge

Phase two

AASHIYANA — hope begins with a safe shelter

The water has gone down, but thousands of families still have nothing to return to. They are living under open sky, on roadsides and in relief camps while the rain continues. Global Sikhs and Salman Khan started AASHIYANA to build semi-permanent shelters for the families who lost their homes.

The first shelter is finished, and many more will follow. One shelter costs ₹25,000 to build. It gives a family a door that closes, a dry floor and a place to start again. Global Sikhs is also installing water purifiers, at ₹15,000 each, so that families have clean drinking water while they rebuild.

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