Tripura Floods And Landslides: 11 Dead, Thousands Homeless; Amit Shah Assures Help

The Centre is rushing teams of NDRF, apart from boats and helicopters, to the state to assist the local government in relief and rescue operations.

Heavy rains and landslides continue to batter and bruise Tripura. Since Monday, 11 people have died, 4 due to landslides and the rest 7 because of floods and thousands have been rendered homeless as incessant rains continue to pound all the 8 districts of the northeastern state.

Of the 8 districts – Dhalai, Gomti, Khowai, Sipahijala, Unakoti, North Tripura, South Tripura and West Tripura, Dhalai is the only district where the impact of floods and landslides have been less till today.
This has been by far one of the worst monsoon to hit the state, locals said.

At least 350 relief camps have been set up across the state. But as per news coming in this afternoon, many of these relief camps too have been flooded, adding to the woes of those taking refuge in these camps and sending the government’s relief plans into a tizzy.

Schools, colleges and other institutes continue to be shut for the second day today owing to severe waterlogging.

Union Home Minister Amit Shah is in touch with Chief Minister Manik Saha. Union Home Minister Shah spoke to CM Saha over the phone today and have assured all help.

Taking to X, Tripura Chief Minister Manik Saha on Thursday said, “Spoke to Hon’ble Union Home Minister Shri @AmitShah Ji on the current grim flood situation in the State. He informed that a total of eleven NDRF teams would be sent to Tripura from different locations in Assam and Arunachal Pradesh. Arrangement would also be made for choppers for airlifting of the stranded people in the flood affected areas. More number of boats would also be sent along with the NDRF teams.”

“ I thank Hon’ble HM for providing instant assistance to the people of Tripura. The entire State Government machinery has been working round the clock to tackle with the unprecedented natural calamity. I thank public representatives, social workers and the people at large for cooperating with the State Government at this hour of crisis”, he added.

Earlier last night Tripura Chief Minister Manik Saha visited shelter homes in Agartala to assess the ongoing flood situation in the state. During the day he convened a meeting to evaluate current conditions, the effectiveness of relief measures and the readiness of various departments to handle the crisis.

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