Residents wade through flood waters in Balurghat in West Bengal on 17 August. Photo: AFPKolkata: The overall flood situation in West Bengal has improved with no major rainfall happening in the past two days, officials said. Over 52 lakh people have been hit by the floods in six north Bengal districts of Coochbehar, South Dinajpur, North Dinajpur, Jalpaiguri, Alipurduar and Malda. Train services beyond Malda have remained suspended owing to inundation of railway tracks in north Bengal, Bihar and Assam. From Friday, the state government was plying 41 pairs of buses to and from various destinations in north Bengal, state transport secretary Alapan Bandopadhyay said.

Source: Mint August 19, 2017 16:07 UTC