600 families affected due to last weeks storm

Agartala, Apr 30: Norwester wrecked havoc in Khowai sub-division of Tripura's West district leaving 600 families homeless.

According to official sources here today, houses of at least 600families have been affected and of these houses belonging to 300families were razed to the ground in last week's norwesters.

A nmumber of areas under Dhalai district were also badly affecteddue that day's storm mainly in Kamalpur, Ambassa, longtharai Valleysub-divisions.

The Sub-divisional authorities rendered financial helps to the affected families for renovating the damaged houses.

While the families affected were sheltered in local schools andtheir houses repaired on warfooting, electicity supplywould take a fewmore day to be restored completely.

UNI