Over 10,000 people have been displaced in Tripura as a result of relentless rain since Friday, although no human casualties have been reported, according to an official.
Digital Desk: Floods and landslides took away
42 people in Assam and Meghalaya, with a total of 30 lakh people impacted,
leading the army to launch rescue efforts.
Here are the highlights that explains this big
story:
- There have been 24 deaths in Assam and 18
in Meghalaya as a result of the floods this week.
- Over 10,000 people have been displaced in
Tripura as a result of relentless rain since Friday, although no human
casualties have been reported, according to an official.
- According to government sources, this was
Agartala's third-highest rainfall in the last 60 years. A flash flood has
forced the closure of all educational institutions.
- Mawsynram and Cherrapunji in Meghalaya
received the most rain since 1940, according to officials.
- Conrad Sangma, the Chief Minister of
Meghalaya, has promised a compensation of Rs. 4 lakh for the families of
those killed in the floods.
- Over 4,000 villages in Assam have been
flooded, with 1.56 lakh people being relocated to 514 relief camps.
Several embankments, culverts, and roadways have been destroyed as a
result of the storm.
- Officials stated today that a boat
transporting flood victims sank in Assam's Hojai district, leaving three
children missing and 21 others rescued.
- Prime Minister Narendra Modi called Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma to inquire about the flood situation and promised him that the centre will provide all assistance.
1. According to news
agency PTI, water from the river Subansiri has flooded a dam that was being
built for a hydroelectric power project in neighbouring Arunachal Pradesh.
2. The Assam government
has also organised special aircraft between Guwahati and Silchar for
individuals who have been stuck as a result of floods and landslides..
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