Nine injured, over 1,000 homeless after floods in Tripura

AGARTALA, (HINDUSTAN TIMES),04JUNE JUNE2019

Nine people have been injured and more than a thousand left homeless in thunderstorms and flood caused by heavy rainfall in Tripura since the past 72 hours.

According to a report released by State Emergency Operation Centre on Monday evening, 1,746 people have taken shelter in 12 camps and nine people were injured between June 1 to June 3. All the people were from West Tripura and Sepahijala districts of the state.

The thunderstorms have also damaged 283 houses severely, 866 houses partly and 66 houses fully in four districts of West, Sepahhijala, Gomati and South, the report said.

According to the Meteorological Department, rain or thundershower is likely to occur at most of the places in the state in next 24 hours.