Incessant rain triggers flash flood in Manipur

Our Correspondent
Imphal, Oct. 22 (EMN): Incessant rain since Saturday has caused flash floods in Manipur particularly in its capital city on Sunday.
Most of the low lying areas in and around the state capital including two important temples Shree Shree Gobindajee at Royal palace and Hanuman at Mahabali both in Imphal East district were under water.
Besides the shopping areas of Imphal including Paona Bazar, Thangal Bazar, Dharmasala, Pologround, to name a few, government offices including district session court complex at Uripok, Imphal were inundated due to the intense rainfall. About 89.3mm of rainfall (against yesterday’s 6.5mm) was recorded till 3:00 PM on Sunday by Indian Council of Agricultural Research Imphal centre here.
Several localities in the state capital –Thangmeiband, Sagolband and Uripok to name a few, are facing flash flood after Nambul river overflowed in some sectors in Imphal. According to reports, some of the residents of Uripok in the heart of Imphal town were also marooned after flood water entered their homes.
The water level of the major rivers – Imphal, Nambul, Iril and Kongba – which passes through thickly populated greater Imphal areas are all flowing above warning level, according to sources. Reports from Kangpokpi, from where the Imphal River originates, said rainfall was high in the district.
On the other hand residents of Tekhaopat located near the historic Singjamei Bridge in Manipur’s Singjamei constituency were busy guarding the Imphal river banks by levelling and repairing the riverside road in view of the sudden rise of Imphal River following non-stop rain last night.
Meanwhile state Chief Minister N Biren Singh’s proposed visit to Tamenglong district headquarters, 150 km west of Imphal on October 23 to attend a public meeting besides inaugurating some offices and holding state cabinet meeting has been postponed due to inclemency of weather.
At the same time ‘Imphal Evenings’ popularly known as ‘Imphal night Plaza’ held on Saturday and Sunday night (7-10pm) here has also been remained closed “due to bad weather.” The Joint Director Ng Uttam Singh of Municipal Administration, Housing & Urban Development issued an order in this regard on Sunday.
In another development, All Manipur Progressive Farmers’ Association has demanded necessary relief for the flood hit villagers in the recent flood in Manipur which experienced five times flood since Cyclone Mora hit the state in May end this year and destroyed more than Rs 213.71 crores worth properties.