Imphal, August 27 (EMN): The flood situation in Manipur’s Senapati district improved considerably on Sunday with waters of the Barak river and its tributaries flowing below the red mark while the traffic along Imphal-Mao sector of National Highway 2 has also been resumed, reports said. The residents said the situation suddenly improved after the rainfall.
Senapati district headquarters, 60 km north of Imphal had witnessed the worst flood in the last three decades after heavy rain wreaked havoc in the early hours of Saturday, causing flash floods in the normally gentle Barak riverbeds of the hilly district and forcing many villagers to flee to safer places. The difficulties rose with mudslides blocking the traffic along the NH 2. But there was no report of any human casualty.
An orphanage home at Karong which houses 120 children was washed away by the flood water.As a result the children of the orphanage home are still taking shelter at a hostel and junior school at Karong, a small hill town 65 km north of here.
Saturday’s devastating flash flood and mudslide carried away at least 22 houses at Chakhumei besides damaging properties of many houses in Karong and Senapati towns.
The district authority is taking up necessary steps to provide the necessary relief materials and support while the local NGOs, civil society organisations and public are extending a helping hand to the needy people particularly the children of the orphanage in the hill district.
Meanwhile reports added that some of the district roads connecting important villages such as Phuba along Maram-Maiba-Phuba route has been severely affected while important canals at Meze was blocked due to yesterday’s heavy rain, source added.
