Flooding of Silchar- Aizawl road at Nagatilla, vehicular movement halts

May 18: With torrential rainfall, water from river Barak has overflown through Uttar Krishnapur Part I and has inundated the Silchar Mizoram road at Nagatilla, Silchar. Near Sonabarighat bypass, vehicular traffic has ceased to move. Long queue of vehicles were seen to be stranded there since last 2 hours. The water level at Nagatilla main road was gradually increasing.

Meanwhile, water level of river Barak at Annapurna Ghat, Silchar was increasing by 7 cm per hour. At 12 noon, the water level there was recorded at 21.33 cm.