Water level in the flood-affected areas of northeastern States receded on Friday but more than 6 lakh people continued to be affected.
There were no reports of any casualty on Friday after rain-induced flash floods and landslides killed 12 people across Assam, Manipur and Tripura over the past two days. Assam has been the worst affected.
Seven districts
Officials of Assam State Disaster Management Authority (ASDMA) said the first wave of flood in the State affected seven districts, including all three – Cachar, Hailakandi and Karimganj – in southern Assam’s Barak Valley.
“In three days, 668 villages have been submerged in seven districts and 3,86,570 people have been affected. While 325 houses have been damaged in flood, 136 houses have been destroyed in the hills of Dima Hasao district,” an ASDMA officer said.
Five rivers, including the Barak and the Kushiyara, were flowing above the danger level.
National Disaster Response Force, State Disaster Response Force and Assam Rifles teams have rescued 471 people, while 67,175 people have taken refuge in 162 relief camps, officials said.
In Manipur, more than 1, 50,000 people have been affected by flood in the Imphal Valley, while an arterial highway remained cut off because of landslide. Ferry services in the Barak Valley and train services on the Lumding-Badarpur hill section in Assam has been suspended, affecting train services to Tripura.
A total of 430 persons have so far been evacuated from flood-affected areas of Manipur and more than 950 rescued in Tripura by Assam Rifles and Army personnel, a Defence statement said on Friday.
More than 2,000 people are being sheltered at relief camps in Tripura.
Landslides have been reported from Arunachal Pradesh and Meghalaya too, but officials said there have been no loss of human lives.
(With IANS inputs)