Heavy rain likely in NE during next 24 hrs

PTI Pune, April 24 Heavy rain is very likely at isolated places over Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Meghalaya, Nagaland, Manipur, Mizoram and Tripura during next 24 hours. Rain or thundershowers have occurred at most places in Arunachal Pradesh and at many places in Assam and Meghalaya and at isolated places in Nagaland, Manipur, Mizoram, Tripura, Sub- Himalayan West Bengal and Sikkim,Hamachal Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir, coastal Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu and Kerala. Over 40,000 people have been affected and 1,000 hectares of crop land inundated by flood waters following pre-monsoon rains for the past one week in Assam, officials said on Sunday. Four districts - Lakhimpur, Jorhat, Sivsagar and Charaideo - have been inundated by flood waters, the Assam State Disaster Management Authority (ASDMA) said, adding that 42,658 people were hit. The army, the National Disaster Response Force and the State Disaster Response Force helped in rescue and relief operations to help the marooned people in Chairaideo. The Regional Meteorological Centre at Borjhar near Guwahati said the situation was likely to improve after Monday.