Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Home Minister Amit Shah on Monday once again assured Tripura Chief Minister to extend all kinds of support to the state to deal with the devastating floods, rains and landslides.

Chief Minister Dr Manik Saha on Monday over phone apprised both Prime Minister and Home Minister about the flood situation in Tripura, which was devastated by the catastrophic flood for the first time in over three decades.

The Home Minister informed the Chief Minister that a central team would soon visit the state to assess the damages and losses due to the flood and landslides.

Tripura Chief Minister during an all-party meeting here on Saturday informed that as per the preliminary assessment of the damage to the properties, crops and infrastructures due to the heavy rains, floods and landslides amounted to around Rs 15,000 crore, which could rise further after field assessment.

Dr Saha in a post on the X said : “Spoke to Hon’ble Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi Ji, spelling out all the details of the flood situation in the state. He assured full support to the people of Tripura in this hour of crisis. We are extremely grateful to the Hon'ble Prime Minister for his kind gesture to the people of Tripura.”

The Chief Minister in another post on the X said : “Spoke to Hon’ble Union Home Minister Shri Amit Shah Ji and apprised him of the latest situation arising out of the unprecedented natural calamity of the flood in the State.”

“He assured of the continued all out support to the state government. He also informed that the Union Government would be sending a team to Tripura immediately to take stock of the situation.

Grateful to Hon’ble Home Minister for his instantly coming to the aid of the people of Tripura in this hour of crisis,” he said. Tripura Chief Minister and the Union Home Minister earlier on a number of occasions discussed after the heavy rain and flood started in the state on August 19.

The overall flood situation in Tripura further improved on Monday with the water receding in many places even as 1.17 lakh people are still sheltered in 525 relief camps in various districts.

The catastrophic flood till Sunday claimed 31 lives, including women and children, and a few other people injured in landslides and drowning in flood water in six of the eight districts -- South Tripura, Gomati, West Tripura, Sepahijala, Unakoti and Khowai since August 19 and two persons were reportedly missing.

Disaster Management officials said that as per the initial estimates, around 20,300 houses were damaged partly and fully due to the heavy rains, landslides and flood across the state.

However, vast areas including croplands and human habitations in urban and rural areas are still inundated.

Over 17 lakh people were affected in the entire state, which has witnessed unprecedented rain and devastating floods since August 19.

Landslides occurred in a record number of 2,066 places and many important highways, including the National Highway- 8, the lifeline of Tripura, have been damaged

Officials said that most of the highways were, however, gradually becoming operational now.

Currently, several teams of the National and State Disaster Response Force along with 500 volunteers of Civil Defence and Apada Mitra are still engaged in relief and rescue operations, an official said, adding that so far, 30,000 food packets have been distributed in Gomati and South Tripura districts.

The Disaster Management officials said that most of the rivers, including Gomati in Tripura, are flowing below the danger level.