IMPHAL, JULY 3 : Incessant rainfall has caused flooding at several places in Manipur’s Imphal West and Imphal East districts, after two major rivers breached embankments, officials said on Wednesday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The state government has declared a holiday for all government offices on Wednesday, while schools will remain closed till Thursday in view of the flood situation, they said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Imphal river breached its embankment at Singjamei Oinam Thingel in Imphal West, and the Kongba river at Kongba Irong and parts of Keirao in Imphal East, a senior official said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Iril river also overflowed at Sawombung and parts of Ksheteigao in Imphal East.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
“Huge volumes of river water entered residential localities\u0085 Over a 3-km stretch of the India-Myanmar road has also been flooded and more than 1,000 people were affected,” he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Relief and rescue operations are underway for the affected people, he added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Meanwhile, the body of a 25-year-old man, who fell into the Senapati river on Tuesday afternoon, was retrieved by a team of the Indian Red Cross Society with help from locals, the officials said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Several parts of the northeastern state have been lashed by heavy rain in the last few days.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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