Uniindia: Agartala, June 10 (UNI) The Agartala-Kolkata daily bus service via Dhaka flagged off on Friday with 28 passengers in a simple ceremony after a break of two years due to Covid19.
Meanwhile, Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sharma on Tuesday visited the flood-affected areas to take stock of the prevailing situation in Haflong and Dima Hasao.
Haflong (Assam), May 24 (PTI): Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Tuesday visited areas of Dima Hasao ravaged by flood and landslides and said infrastructure developed in the last five to ten years in the hill district has been largely destroyed by the natural disasters. He assured local people of providing all the assistance from the state government as well as the Centre to redevelop the infrastructure and making efforts for alternative communication links to several parts of the district, which have been cut off due to landslides. Speaking to reporters here, Sarma said, We have seen that roads are badly affected and it seems that reconstruction of roads will be difficult in many places. Irrigation and water supply infrastructure, power facilities and bridges have been damaged. Almost all developmental work that was done in the district in last five to 10 years has been damaged, he added. Dima Hasao was the worst-hit district in the first wave of flood in the state this year
Tripura has imposed restrictions on the sale of petrol and diesel due to shortages; it plans to get goods via ship from Haldia to Chittagong in Bangladesh and then overland