GUWAHATI/DHAKA — Soldiers in lifeboats ferried people to safety on Aug 23 in India's north-eastern state of Tripura after heavy rain triggered floods and landslides, forcing more than 65,000 people from their homes and killing 23, the authorities said.
Residents being evacuated from a village on the outskirts of Agartala, India, on Aug 22.GUWAHATI/DHAKA — Soldiers in lifeboats ferried people to safety on Aug 23 in India's north-eastern state of Tripura after heavy rain triggered floods and landslides, forcing more than 65,000 people from their homes and killing 23, the authorities said.
"However, the river Gomti still continues to flow above the danger mark," Deb added, referring to the state's main river, which flows through the district of Comilla in neighbouring Bangladesh to empty into the Bay of Bengal. The Indian Army said more than 80 of its personnel joined in rescue efforts, bringing to safety 334 people stranded by rising flood waters.
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