More rainfall in Manipur, flood continues to affect life
Imphal,
Oct
20:
Floods
continued
to
affect
life
in
Manipur
for
the
fourth
consecutive
day
following
heavy
rainfall
today.The
local
Met
office
recorded
about
19
mm
rainfall
today.
Official sources here said that the water levels of the rivers had not increased much and the flood was almost brought under control, except in some places at Imphal East.
Meanwhile, the Manipur University at Canchipur continued to be inundated by flood water and schools and government offices at Imphal East were also affected.
The diversion of the flood water caused flooding of agricultural lands, officials added.
It
was
estimated
that
about
25,000
families
might
be
affected
by
the
floods
so
far,
the
sources
added.
UNI
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Story first published: Saturday, October 20, 2007, 14:16 [IST]