Flash floods struck northeastern India following a sudden heavy rainfall, inundating multiple towns, sweeping away a bridge, and submerging army camps.
The Army’s Eastern Command said that some establishments along Lachen valley were affected by the flood, which was worsened by the release of water from Chungthang dam.
At least 10 people died and 80 others, including 22 Army personnel, went missing on Wednesday after a cloudburst over Lhonak Lake in north Sikkim triggered a flash flood in the Teesta River basin, officials said.
All 10 who died have been identified as civilians including 3 of the dead who were
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Jalpaiguri: Hills outfits across political camps have long been seeking Scheduled Tribe status for 11 “left out” Nepali communities. They now want the BJP-led government at the Centre to deliver.
Representatives of GNLF, Communist Party of Revolutionary Marxists (CPRM), All India Gorkha League (AIGL) and others, who met Union home minister Amit Shah in Delhi recently, expect a decision ahead of the Bengal assembly polls.
They fear that Gorkha leader Bimal Gurung, who has switched loyalty and is supporting chief minister Mamata Banerjee, will corner BJP and its allies on the ground that the state government had sent a favourable recommendation to the Centre six years ago.