
Modi speaks to chief ministers, governor, assures assist to flood-hit northeast
Assam has reported 11 deaths, Arunachal Pradesh 10, Meghalaya six, Mizoram 5, Sikkim three, and Tripura as soon as since heavy rain triggered floods and landslides throughout the area
Prime Minister Narendra Modi. (ANI)
Over 550,000 individuals have been affected since heavy rain triggered floods and landslides throughout the area. Assam has reported 11 deaths, Arunachal Pradesh 10, Meghalaya six, Mizoram 5, Sikkim three, and Tripura one.
A lieutenant colonel and 5 military personnel went lacking after a landslide hit a army camp at Chhaten in North Sikkim late on Sunday night. Three military personnel have been killed within the incident.
Rescuers labored across the clock to find the six lacking personnel as rain continued. Hundreds of vacationers have been rescued from Sikkim’s Lachung on Monday. Four foreigners have been amongst round 130 vacationers caught in Lachen. All bridges connecting Lachen have been washed away. Roads resulting in a helipad have been additionally closed.
Assam State Disaster Management Authority on Monday stated that 515,039 individuals have been affected throughout 22 of the state’s 35 districts. Over 12,600 hectares of crop space have been flooded because the Brahmaputra, Barak, Burhidihing, Dhansiri, and Kopili rivers flowed over the hazard mark at separate locations.
In Mizoram, 60 homes have been destroyed, and not less than 84 roads have been blocked. A landslide on the Sentezel stone quarry minimize off the state’s southern districts, Lunglei, Lawngtlai, and Siaha.
Almost all main rivers in Manipur remained above the excessive flood mark after a six-day rainfall. Officials stated floods impacted 56,516 individuals and broken not less than 10,477 homes.
In Arunachal Pradesh, 938 individuals throughout 156 villages have been affected. As many as 10,813 individuals have been sheltered at 66 reduction camps in Tripura, even because the India Meteorological Department issued an orange alert for heavy to very heavy rainfall in three districts.
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