Several northeastern states, including Tripura, Manipur, Mizoram, and Assam (southern part), remained cut off from the rest of the country by rail as railway tracks were waterlogged and damaged after landslides triggered by incessant rain in .
Dimapur, July 13 (EMN): Freight train services were resumed between Lumding-Badarpur hill section on the night of July 12 after it was breached and damaged by landslides and water logging. A Northeast Frontier Railway (NFR) update informed that a train loaded with sugar left Jirania station near Agartala from Daotuhaja station, while another train loaded with steel coils left Manderdisa for Bhairabi station in Mizoram. It may be mentioned that both railways and roadways in the district of Dima Hasao, Assam got damaged owing to incessant rain. As a result, NFR has started running freight trains with essential and non-essential commodities for the affected areas. NFR is also all set to resume passenger train services as early as possible during the current month itself.
Assam flood: Four more people died in the deluge in Assam, taking the toll to 18. As many as 74,907 flood-hit people have taken shelter in 282 relief camps.