Agartala, April 22 (Inditop.com) At least four people were killed and more than 50 injured when a cyclonic storm lashed several parts of Tripura, causing a trail of destruction, officials said Thursday.
The pre-monsoon rains accompanied by strong winds and hailstorm Wednesday night also damaged more than 2,000 houses and killed many cattle in western and southern Tripura.
“North, west and south Tripura districts were worst hit by the thunderstorm. Most people have lost all their belongings and cattle,” a relief department official told reporters.
He said four people, including a 14-year-old girl, were killed in separate incidents of house collapse and trees falling on rooftops in Khowai and Teliamura areas of west Tripura.
Hundreds of trees, telephone and electric poles uprooted in the squall badly affected the movement of vehicles Thursday.
“Civil defence workers are busy providing relief. Telecommunication and power corporation personnel are working to restore communication lines and power supply,” the official added.
A similar cyclonic rainstorm accompanied by heavy lightning in the last week of March killed three people in Tripura, damaged 9,000 houses and caused largescale destruction.
