Flood situation in Tripura improves

Press Trust of India  |  Agartala 

The overall situation in has improved with water level in all major rivers flowing below the danger level, officials said.

Over 72,000 people are still staying in relief camps in district, he said.

of the Northeast Frontier Railway, P J Sharma said have been restored in the section but some portions of railway track are still under water in between Badarpur-Silchar and Manu-Ambassa-Agartala affecting

The Badarpur-Silchar section in and Manu-Ambassa-Agartala section in remained suspended since Jun 13 due to landslips at several locations, he said.

Three pairs of passenger trains - Agartala-Silchar, Silchar-Dharmanagar and Agartala-Dharmanagar - could not run in the two sections because of the landslips caused by flood, Sharma said.

"Efforts are on to restart the as early as possible," he said.

As part of a contingency arrangement, one pair of special passenger train will run from Agartala to Badarpur today, Sharma said.

The so far claimed three lives in

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First Published: Mon, June 18 2018. 19:00 IST