Tripura floods | Death toll rises to 20 as seven more killed in landslides
An official said that around 65,500 people have taken shelter in 450 relief camps in all eight districts, adding that 17 lakh people were affected in the entire state
The death toll due to devastating floods in Tripura has risen to 20 with at least seven more persons from two families, including three women and a child, losing their lives in landslides, officials said on Thursday.
Disaster Management officials said that seven members of two families died at Santirbazar in South Tripura district when their houses collapsed due to a massive landslide triggered by incessant rain late on Wednesday night. Disaster Management Response Force personnel, along with local people, recovered all the bodies on Thursday.
Expressing shock at the incident, Chief Minister Manik Saha said the state government would provide Rs 4 lakh as financial aid to each affected family.
Earlier, 13 deaths, including that of a 12-year-old girl and a woman, were reported from South Tripura, Gomati, and Khowai districts since Monday and two persons were also said to be missing.
An official said that around 65,500 people have taken shelter in 450 relief camps in all eight districts. He said that 17 lakh people were affected in the entire state, which witnessed the devastating floods since Monday.
The India Meteorological Department (IMD) recorded 233 mm rainfall in Agartala from 8.30 am on Wednesday to 8.30 am on Thursday.
According to IMD, all eight districts in Tripura received one of the highest levels of rainfall in the last 24 hours on Thursday with South Tripura district’s Bogafa, under the Santirbazar sub-division, recording 493.6 mm rainfall.