4 killed in landslide due to incessant rain in Guwahati, residents advised to stay home
India Today
Assam has been witnessing incessant rainfall since Monday night, with waterlogging being reported in several areas of Guwahati.
As many as four people were killed in a landslide triggered due to incessant rain in Assam’s Guwahati on Tuesday. The heavy rains flooded the city, prompting the state government to issue an advisory asking residents not to venture outside.
A huge mass of land buried a house, in which there were four people, on a hillside in Nijarapar in Boragaon area, an official of the Assam State Disaster Management Authority (ASDMA) was quoted as saying by PTI.
"The landslide happened around 1 am mainly due to incessant rains. No other person is trapped as of now," ASDMA District Project Officer (Kamrup Metropolitan) Kaustav Talukdar said.
The heavy rains had led to landslides in several places in the city, including Kamakhya, Kharghuli, Hengerabari, Silpukhuri and Chandmari Colony, but there were no casualties.
The incessant rains inundated major roads across Guwahati. The approach road of the Guwahati railway station was also submerged. The flood waters have also entered hundreds of houses in the city.
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Traffic was brought to a standstill in the city as scores of vehicles were stuck in the flood water. Massive traffic jams were reported from many areas with vehicles stranded for several hours.
