Assam flood: National Disaster Response Force shift people in Bongaigaon district (PTI)
Forty-two people died in floods and landslides in Assam and Meghalaya while the number of people affected went up to 30 lakh, prompting calls to the army for rescue operations.
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Of the total deaths in the floods this week, 24 have died in Assam and 18 in Meghalaya.
Over 10,000 people have been left homeless in Tripura due to inundation caused by incessant rainfall since Friday but there is no report of any human casualty, an official said.
Government sources said this was the third-highest rainfall in Agartala in the last 60 years. All educational institutions have been closed due to a flash flood.
Meghalaya's Mawsynram and Cherrapunji also received its highest rainfall since 1940, officials said.
Meghalaya Chief Minister Conrad Sangma has announced compensation of Rs 4 lakh to the families of those who died in the floods.
In Assam, over 4,000 villages are flooded, and 1.56 lakh people have been moved to 514 relief camps. Several embankments, culverts and roads have been damaged.
A boat carrying flood-affected people sunk in Assam's Hojai district, leaving three children missing while 21 others have been rescued, officials said today.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi dialled Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma to ask about the flood situation and assured all help from the centre.
In neighbouring Arunachal Pradesh, water from river Subansiri has submerged a dam that was under construction for a hydroelectric power project, news agency PTI reported.
The Assam government has also arranged special flights between Guwahati and Silchar for people stranded due to the floods and landslides.
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