India, Aug. 3 -- The Assam government on Monday, August 3 released the first tranche of around Rs 160 crore interim relief to over 75,000 households that were the worst affected in this year's floods, officials said.

The toll in the deluge this year rose to 85 as three more deaths were reported on Sunday even as the number of affected people dipped to 1.35 lakh, they said.

Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma, who is touring the worst-affected districts in Upper Assam, released the first tranche of interim relief from Dibrugarh.

Around 75,000 families with severely damaged houses in Sivasagar, Chariadeo, Jorhat and Golaghat districts received Rs 15,000 each, the officials said.

Subsidy under the Pradhan Mantri Surya Ghar scheme was also...