Jaipur, Sep 2 (IANS) A central government team will tour Rajasthan's flood-affected areas on Sunday.

"The nine-member team will be headed by D.K. Sikri, the registrar general of India. It will tour almost all the flood-affected areas in the state," Rajasthan's relief secretary R.K. Meena said here Saturday.

Twelve districts of the state were affected by a flood-like situation in recent months. These include Udaipur, Banswara, Chittorgarh, Dungarpur, Rajsamand, Jhalawar, Kota, Barmer, Jalore, Pali, Sirohi and Jaisalmer.

Over 139 people have died in different incidents and heavy damage was caused to roads, electricity, water supply and dams.

The desert district of Barmer was the worst affected due to flash floods. Over 800,000 people out of a population of 2 million were affected.

There are also reports of large-scale damage to houses and property in Barmer. Unconfirmed reports say 5,200 houses were damaged and agriculture crop worth Rs.300 million was wiped out.

The state government has sought a special package of Rs.32 billion from the union government for the losses suffered.

"The team would tour these districts from Sep 3 and come to Jaipur on Sep 6 when they would hold a meeting with the chief secretary here," Meena said.

He said that relief operations have been stepped up in the Barmer district where life was returning to normal. Efforts were also on to drain water in Malva and Kawas villages of the district, he added.

Kawas and Malva are still submerged in over eight feet of water. The state government is planning to relocate these villages.