In Manipur over two lakh people are affected by in floods triggered by cyclone
Manipur over two lakh people are affected by in floods triggered by cyclone.
Floods have affected 348 villages and urban localities in eight districts of Manipur.
Officials said that besides important installations including medical colleges and government offices, Chief Minister N. Biren Singh’s private residence, and various hotels were inundated in knee- to waist-deep water. Water also surged into the Raj Bhavan complex, leaving the Governor's Office and Secretariat, staff quarters, and the security personnel's barracks under flood water, with only the vintage building, which is the official residence of the Governor, unaffected.
State Water Resource Minister Awangbow Newmai said that incessant rainfall since Monday in the aftermath of Cyclone Remal, most of the state, spanning the hills and valley districts of Imphal East, Imphal West, Kangpokpi, Bishnupur, Noney, Churachandpur, Senapati, and Kakching, had been affected.
Three persons have died in different flood-related incidents so far while one person is missing and ten injured.
The minister said that 56 relief camps have been opened and over 20,000 people took shelter there. He also said 434 hectares of crop areas were affected and landslides occurred in several hill district areas.
The repair of the embankments, and tackling breaches and overflow of key rivers flowing in Imphal Valley is going on, he added.
The Chief Minister held a review meeting with ministers and top officials on the flood situation. He also inspected the rescue operation going on
