The flood situation in six north Bengal districts improved further today as waters receded following a decrease in rainfall in the past 24 hours. The current spell of floods has claimed 49 lives in Alipurduar, Jalpaiguri, Coochbehar, North Dinajpur, South Dinajpur and Malda since July 21. The district magistrates are working 24x7 ...distributing relief material - dry food, cooked food, water pouches and medicines," an officer in the disaster management department said. West Bengal Panchyat Minister Subrata Mukherjee said roads and pipelines for supplying drinking water have been badly damaged in the deluge. "We are worried about the current situation in the six districts in north Bengal.

Source: dna August 18, 2017 12:11 UTC