Tripura floods: 3 die, over 40,000 in relief camps

The flood situation in Tripura deteriorated on Friday with the rain-fed Khowai river inundating fresh areas, rendering thousands homeless and damaging roads and crops

• While two lives were lost on Wednesday, a 50-year-old farmer was washed away by the Khowai and his body was recovered from Sonalata area on Thursday

• Around 2,000 flood-affected people took shelter in freshly opened relief camps on Friday as water level of the Khowai has been swelling after continuous rain since Thursday

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• Around 40,000 people have already taken shelter in 173 relief camps and the number may rise due to fresh flood in Khowai, said an official of State Emergency Operation Centre