Flood hits farmers in Manipur's Ukhrul district
Ricky Angkang29 Sept 2022
Minister Khashim Vashum deputes team to visit the affected farmers and take stock of the situation.
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Minister Khashim Vashum deputes team to visit the affected farmers and take stock of the situation.
Saikot MLA Paulienlal Haokip and officials visited the flood-hit areas in Churachandpur on Saturday and distributed relief materials to the people.
AITC MLA Dikkanchi D Shira on Monday visited the flood-affected areas of Lukaichar and Kalaichar in the Mahendraganj constituency under South West Garo Hills.
To control the flood situation in Imphal valley, gate number 2 and 3 of Ithai Barrage were opened. All gates of Imphal Barrage were also opened, official sources said..
With the flooding of the river, vehicles coming from Churachandpur district towards Mizoram are stalled at Leijangphai village while vehicles coming from the neighbouring state are stalled at Taillian village.
Government taking up precautionary measures as heavy rainfall continued to lashed several parts of Manipur for past several weeks, the water resource minister said.
The Bishnupur district administrator informed the public to contact helpline number 9856401043 / 8787859772 in case of emergency.
The swelling river has reportedly inundated more than 15 acres of paddy fields in Gelnal village.
Following heavy rains over the past week, many places in the area have seen elevated levels of water that have threatened to increase and pose further risk.
Like the Yellow River, the Brahmaputra has been Assam’s sorrow. The river has a terrifying story of annual flooding that eats away the entire economy of Assam.
Water has been rising in the region over the past several days with unrelenting rains causing havoc to farm lands as well as people, some of whom had taken shelter on the AMPT road to protect themselves and their livestock.