Dharmanagar (Tripura): Heavy rains and flash floods have left more than 1000 families homeless and many houses submerged in North Tripura and adjoining districts of Unakoti and Dhalai.
The National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) team is working to evacuate members of these families with their belongings to safer locations.
Due to heavy rains in the state, the water level of rivers such as Juri and river Kakti started rising thereby causing flash floods in many places.
Around nine speed boats, 40 rescue boats, many of which brought from other areas, were deployed by the state revenue department to evacuate those stuck inside their homes in submerged places.
Apart from these, Tripura State Rifles (TSR), firefighter team, district and state administration have also joined the rescue operations. According to the report of the State Emergency Operations Centre (SEOC), 358 were rendered homeless in Unakoti district while 381 in North Tripura.
Meantime, a total of 1039 houses were damaged with Dhalai district the worst affected.
State administration arranged relief materials including food, water and medicines for the flood victims and till now no death has been reported yet. According to the officials, the water is receding and if there are no showers during the course of the next 24 hours, the situation will become normal.
The MeT department here predicted that rain and thundershowers with gusty winds will continue in the state on Sunday.
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