Heavy rains, floods kill over 50 in West Bengal

“But the situation at current is rendered beyond management”, Banerjee informed reporters on the state secretariat Nabanna as we speak.

A large number of kuchcha houses were damaged in Nadia district during a stormy spell accompanied by heavy downpour on Wednesday morning as a flood-like situation prevailed in large parts of South Bengal districts.

Trains services were badly hit following heavy overnight rainfall that flooded some crucial railways stations and vehicle sheds.

“So far, as many as 39 people have died in the flood situation due to various reasons like electrocution and snake bites”.

“Heavy rainfalls would occur over Jharkhand, Odisha and Chhattisgarh during the next 48 hours”, India Meteorological Department (IMD) said in a statement. As per report of the Engineer-in-Chief, Rural Water Supply & Sanitation (RWSS), 2937 tube wells and 1 piper water supply system have been affected due to flood, he said.

A landslide in eastern state of Manipur killed at least 20 on Saturday, according to the BBC.

Seventeen NDRF teams have been deployed for rescue and relief operations in Gujarat.

Moreover, the state is expected to witness another disaster as the rivers are flowing above danger level and Jharkhand is also releasing water as the dams are filled to the brim due to excessive rainfall in Jharkhand. Moreover, as many as 1.19 lakh people have taken shelter in relief camps across 12 inundated districts. “Another 150 villagers are still stuck and the army is carrying out rescue operations”, said Burdwan district magistrate Soumitra Mohan. So far 1574 peoples have been evacuated to safer places.

Meanwhile, the regional Met office has forecast heavy to very heavy rains at a few places in the Gangetic and sub-Himalayan West Bengal till Tuesday.

Seven relief camps have been opened and 55 people have been accommodated.

In Gujarat, the home state of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the Indian army have rescued over 1,000 people from submerged villages and areas and is dropping food.

A team from the Army as well as Gujarat Police was tasked with relief and evacuation on July 31.

A landslide devastated a village in Chandel district near Myanmar border, sweeping away several houses.