Rain fury continued across the
country today, with downpour-induced landslides ravaging vast
swathes of land in Nagaland and blocking a major highway in
Jammu and Kashmir even as five more deaths were reported due
to the deluge in Assam.
Rain fury continued across the
country today, with downpour-induced landslides ravaging vast
swathes of land in Nagaland and blocking a major highway in
Jammu and Kashmir even as five more deaths were reported due
to the deluge in Assam.
Heavy rains in Uttar Pradesh inundated several major
rivers which are flowing above the danger level mark.
Incessant showers in Himachal Pradesh overwhelmed major
rivers and triggered landslides which blocked several roads.
The weatherman predicted "heavy rains" in several pockets
of Madhya Pradesh, Gujarat, east Rajasthan, Gangetic West
Bengal, Odisha, Goa and coastal Karnataka tomorrow.
According to a report by the Assam State Disaster
Management Authority (ASDMA), five persons were killed in
flood-related incidents in Golaghat, Lakhimpur, Nagaon and
South Salmara districts.
With this, the total number of persons losing their lives
in this year's flood has gone up to 49, including eight in
Guwahati, the ASDMA said.
A BSF jawan is feared drowned in an inundated border
outpost in Assam's Dhubri district, according to the force's
officials.
The floods have marooned more than 17.43 lakh people in
26 out of total 35 districts in the state.
Around 77 per cent of the Kaziranga National Park has
been inundated, leaving some animals dead while some have
moved to nearby highlands.
Authorities are running 382 relief camps and distribution
centres in 19 districts, where 28,937 persons are currently
taking shelter.
Union minister Kiren Rijiju conducted an aerial survey of
flood-hit districts. He was accompanied by officials of the
National Disaster Response Force, NITI Ayog and National
Disaster Management Authority.
Torrential rains across Nagaland led to flash floods and
landslides in several areas. Yeveto village under Niuland
sub-division in Dimapur district was severely affected by the
flood waters of Zubza river, officials said.
Crops and plantations have been destroyed, livestock
swept away and many families in the villages have been
rendered homeless, they said.
There were reports of landslides affecting the road
transport in several parts of the state. The Dimapur-Kohima
National Highway-29 has also been badly damaged near Kiruphema
village.
Traffic on the Srinagar-Jammu national highway, the only
all-weather road linking the Kashmir Valley with the rest of
the country, was suspended due to landslides triggered by
heavy overnight rains in Ramban and Udhampur districts.
The men and machines of BRO are working to clear the
blockade on the 300-km-long highway.
Rains poured down in torrents in parts of Sirmaur,
Kangra, Mandi districts in Himachal Pradesh.
The local MeT office has warned of heavy rains in the mid
and lower hills on July 16. Major rivers and their tributaries
are in spate in lower areas of the state.
Rains eluded the antional capital where the maximum
temperature settled at 35.7 degrees Celsius. The mercury rose
by a few notches in Punjab and Haryana as well.
(This article has not been edited by DNA's editorial team and is auto-generated from an agency feed.)
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