Tripura cut off from rest of country

Tripura remained cut off from the rest of the country for the sixth day on Thursday with landslides blocking the Assam-Agartala National Highway 44 at Sonarpur in Meghalaya and incessant rainfall delaying repair work, official sources said in Agartala.

Border Road Task Force (BRTF) sources said 300 people and five bulldozers were working round the clock since July 10 to clear the debris at Sonarpur but heavy rains was delaying progress.

Incessant rains have caused huge landslides on the roads and boulders falling were damaging or demolishing many structures.

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The landslides have left hundreds of Guwahati and Shillong-bound vehicles stranded on the highway causing inconvenience to passengers and transport workers.

The Tripura Road Transport Corporation (TRTC) has suspended bus services and rail connectivity of the land-locked State was also partly disrupted at Badarpura and Karimgamj in Assam due to floods triggered by heavy rains.