The damage caused by the glacial lake outburst flood was compounded by the presence of a string of dams in the Teesta river basin in the Himalayan state.
An inter-ministerial central team will visit the flood-hit state from Oct 8 to assess the damage due to the natural calamity, Union minister Ajay Kumar Mishra said
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