Heavy rain in northeast India affects lakhs

• Over 900 houses damaged in Manipur and Mizoram due to floods and landslides.

• 1,500 tourists left stranded in northern Sikkim due to landslips.

• Over 3.64 lakh people across 19 districts of Assam affected by floods disrupting road transport and train services.

• Four people died due to rain-induced floods, flash floods, landslips, rockfalls, and lightning.

• Ten victims in Assam, nine in Arunachal Pradesh, six each in Meghalaya and Mizoram, two in Tripura, and one in Nagaland.

• In Sikkim’s Mangan district, 1,500 tourists were left stranded due to landslips.

• The Indian Air Force rescued 14 people stranded in the flooded Bomjir river in the Lower Dibang Valley of Arunachal Pradesh.

• Union Home Minister Amit Shah spoke with the Chief Ministers of Assam, Arunachal, and Sikkim to assess the situation.