Assam floods: Cachar administration rescues pregnant woman after husband emails CM seeking help

GUWAHATI: Cachar district administration swung into immediate action to rescue a pregnant woman from an inundated area in Silchar town after her husband sent SoS emails to the chief minister, deputy commissioner and the NDRF on Tuesday.
Cachar district deputy commissioner Keerthi Jalli informed in a tweet, “A request was received from a person from Kanakpur Road, Near Radhamadhav Buniyadi Pathshala School, Rangirkhari, Silchar to rescue and evacuate his 9 months pregnant wife which was immediately addressed.”
She added, “Sri Kisan Chorei Tripura, ACS, Assistant Commissioner, Cachar was sent to rescue her. He braved the flowing water and evacuated her to a safer place with the help of others.”
“All out efforts are on to address each and every issue in spite of many odds like a dearth of manpower to manage such devastation, constricted entry to some locations etc in order to ensure minimum damage and loss of lives and properties,” the DC tweeted.
Nirupam Dutta Purakyastha of Rangirkhari area of Silchar in his email to the DC in the morning stated, “Please help and rescue my 9 months pregnant wife. The situation is critical, no drinking water and she needs to be shifted from this place. Please arrange a rescue boat.”
Almost the whole of Silchar town is under flood making it impossible for the movement of any ambulances. The administration has pressed into service Army, NDRF, SDRF, para-military and other security personnel in rescue operations.