Heavy rains, thunderstorm to lash out at state for 3 days
For the next three days Tripura will witness heavy showers and thunderstorm.
Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) in a report said, heavy rainfall accompanied by thunderstorms and lightning will lash out at all eight districts from June 15 to 18.
According to the report an East-west trough runs from northwest Uttar Pradesh to Assam across Bihar and Sub-Himalayan West Bengal and Sikkim at mean sea level. Moisture incursion is very likely to continue due to strong lower level Southerly/ Southwesterly winds from the Bay of Bengal to Northeast India during 15-18 June 2022.
Under its influence, widespread rainfall accompanied with thunderstorms/lightning/ heavy to very heavy with extremely heavy rainfall at isolated places is very likely to continue over northeastern states including Tripura till June 18 next.
As per the IMD report, heavy rains may cause water logging in low lying areas, there are possibilities of damage to vulnerable structures and lightning may strike people and cattle at open places.
The IMD asked the people to avoid going to areas that face water logging problems often and staying in vulnerable structures.
Visually challenged persons demand NSP scholarship
The All Tripura Blind Committee on Wednesday demanded for the resumption of NSP scholarship for the blind and other divyang students of the state and sought the intervention of the director of secondary education.
The committee general secretary Sahadeb Saha in his press communique stated that the students are deprived from their scholarship for the last 6 to 7 months and following this they had written to the committee and sought its intervention.
Saha however drew the attention of the director of the secondary education on Wednesday and demanded for the release of their pending scholarship.
Tipra Motha holds protest prog
Tipra Motha activists held a programme at Chechua in Ampi to condemn the effigy burning incident at Tyari Mairang. Leaders strongly protested the act and dubbed the incident ‘shameful’.
Ampi sub zonal chairman Debsadhan Jamatia, MDC Sadagar Kaloi and other leaders were present at the programme. Several women activists also took part in the programme.
Jamatia said the incident is shameful and highly condemnable. He also said Pradyot Kishore Debbarma is being respected by all the indigenous people – some of the indigenous people who committed the shameful act actually hit the sentiments of the people. Other speakers also denounced the act in strong words.
