The incessant rain since Sunday night has disrupted normal life in the state of Tripura on Monday. Due to the impact of the cyclonic storm, Tripura has received average rainfall of 40.73 mm on Monday.
Government had already declared shutdown of schools and Anganwadi centres across the state till Tuesday next in view of the impact of cyclone ‘Remal’, while flight operations were cancelled since Sunday.
The state revenue department in its press communique on Monday stated that there is no report of any substantial damage or loss of life from any district except uprooting of trees and blockade of roads in few places. The Disaster Management teams, SDRF, trained Aapda Mitra and Civil Defence Volunteers, NDRF were pressed into action for clearing roads and restoring the essential services. In most of the places, roads have been cleared within few hours, it stated.
The press communique further stated that the cyclonic storm 'Remal' made the landfall between the coasts of Bangladesh and adjoining West Bengal around 11:30 PM on Sunday. At present it is positioned near Jashore in Bangladesh which is about 185Km South West of Agartala and moving north- northeast wards and gradually weakening into a Deep Depression by Monday evening.
Weather forecast issued by IMD for Monday and Tuesday, indicates Red and Orange Alerts. There is likelihood of thunderstorm accompanied with lightening and heavy rainfall in isolated places across the State.
The IMD issued a red alert for two districts of Tripura-Sepahijala and Gumati in anticipation of heavy to very heavy rainfall and strong winds due to cyclone Remal on Monday. Additionally, an orange alert has been sounded for the South, Dhalai, North, Khowai, Unakoti, and West districts of Tripura, predicting heavy rainfall on May 28.
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