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Shah Assures NE Leaders of Help as 2 More Die in Floods
Hindustan Times
|June 02, 2025
Union home minister Amit Shah on Sunday spoke to chief ministers of Assam, Arunachal Pradesh and Sikkim, and the governor of Manipur and assured them of all possible help as incessant rain left the states battered with the region recording two more deaths in rain-related incidents on Sunday.

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"Spoke with the Chief Ministers of Assam, Sikkim, and Arunachal Pradesh and Governor of Manipur in the wake of ongoing heavy rainfall in their states. Also assured them of every possible help to tackle any situation," Shah said in a post on X.
The two deaths were reported in Assam where over three hundred thousand people have been affected due to flooding. Tripura, Manipur, Mizoram and Arunachal Pradesh are among the worst-hit states in the northeast.
Meanwhile, the India Meteorological Department has issued red alerts for several districts, forecasting more rain in the next few days.
A villager uses a makeshift banana raft to traverse the flood-hit Amtola village in Lakhimpur district of Assam on Sunday char receiving 416 mm of rainfall, breaking a 140-year-old record, according to district disaster management officials.
So far, the state has seen eight deaths due to floods in the last five days of rain.
Three major rivers, the Brahmaputra, Barak and Khushiya, are flowing above the danger level and new areas are getting flooded due to this.
This story is from the June 02, 2025 edition of Hindustan Times.
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