Chief Minister Biplab Kumar Deb on Friday morning visited the flood affected areas at the capital town of Agartala, caused due to incessant shower throughout the night.
Taking a note of the situation today door to door, CM assured the affected families who are currently home-ridden due to blockade of flood water at their house, of restoring the situation. Mr. Deb sought time from the families to restore the situation and also assured that from next monsoon everything will fall in track.
The incessant rain throughout the Thursday night which continued till Friday noon has shut down business operations at the capital town as most of the shops were covered with flood water, especially at Shakuntala area.
Meantime, there is also a death report of four of a tribal family at Thambukbari village of Mohanpur Sub-division under the West Tripura district as their mud-house collapsed due to heavy shower. The incident took place while they were sleeping and the house suddenly collapsed on Thursday night.
However, similar loss of property and flash floods were reported from other parts of the state and especially the low lying areas of the state submerged under the flood water.
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