Cut off: The road damaged after heavy rain near Deesa city of Banaskatha district in Gujarat on Wednesday. | Photo Credit: PTImore-inHuman toll in the floods and relentless rain across the country reached almost 200 by Wednesday even as thousands in Gujarat, Rajasthan, Assam, Odisha, West Bengal, Jharkhand and elsewhere were forced out of their homes into temporary shelters. The area was completely inundated when the State authorities released 1.5 lakh cusec water from Dantiwada dam to the Banas river. “More than 650 people were rescued by the agencies on Wednesday, including 272 people air lifted through Air Force choppers,” Principal Secretary (Revenue) Pankaj Kumar said. ‘PM ignored Assam’Authorities said the death toll in floods and rain in Assam was 77 as of Wednesday, as situation noticeably improved in the State.

Source: The Hindu July 26, 2017 16:07 UTC