Flood situation in Tripura improves

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

"Work for the distribution of relief materials, food and medicines is in full swing. We are keeping a close watch on the situation," D Darlong, district Magistrate of Unakoti which is the worst-affected, said over phone from Kailashahar.

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

Chief Public Relations Officer of the Northeast Frontier Railway, P J Sharma said train services have been restored in the Lumding-Badarpur hill section but some portions of railway track are still under flood water in between Badarpur-Silchar and Manu-Ambassa-Agartala affecting passenger train services.

The Badarpur-Silchar section in Assam and Manu-Ambassa-Agartala section in Tripura 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 train services 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 flood so far claimed three lives in Tripura.