Floods, landslides in India’s Tripura displace tens of thousands

The displaced have gathered in 450 shelters, the officials said, with a full of about 1.7 million affected, along with substantial damage to system, crops and livestock.

Another hazard administration official said on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to speak to the media, saying that the majority of deaths were caused by floods, though some others followed the decline of mud surfaces and drowning.

The Indian Army said more than 80 of its workers joined in rescue work, bringing to health 334 individuals stranded by rising waters.

In Bangladesh, the Gomti broke through an slope late on Thursday, inundating at least 15 settlements and displacing thousands of families, leaders and testimony said.

In the capital, Dhaka, some persons alleged this week that the storms were caused by the beginning of pond gate gates in India, an claim New Delhi has rejected.

It was” not right” that the storms were caused by water released from Tripura’s Dumbur reservoir on the Gomti, the foreign ministry said.

According to authorities, blocked roads in many regions of Bangladesh isolated individuals and hindered rescue and relief work.

According to broadcast movies, powerful currents of stormwater gushed through the towns of Feni, Moulvibazar, and Noakhali, where roads were flooded and ropes were used to rescue stranded people.

” I have never seen such a disaster in my lifetime”, said Noakhali resident Mohammad Alam.

More than 75, 000 people were taken to over 1, 500 homes in the flood-hit regions, with military and frontier troops helping in the rescue, officials said.