Following the monsoon floods in Assam, the first goods train carrying essential commodities reached Agartala. The rail was able to move after two months following reconstruction of the damaged railway track in Dima Hasao district of Assam.
The railway line was washed away on May 14 at Haflong in the Lumding-Badarpur section in Assam following heavy downpour. The Northeast Frontier Railway reconstructed the damaged railway tracks and repaired the line on war-footing.
Passenger train services in Lumding-Badarpur section will resume from from July 22 that will connect South Assam with Tripura.
The devastating landslides, triggered by unprecedented rainfall on May 14 washed away railway links and caused extensive damage to an 83 km-long train track spread across several stations between Badarpur and Lumding that disconnected South Assam, Tripura, Manipur and Mizoram.
Deutsche Post DHL Group has also deployed a part of its disaster response team (DRT) in Assam, following heavy monsoons and devastating floods in that region. “Working closely with the Assam State Disaster Management Authority (ASDMA), well-trained DRT volunteers facilitated the managing, storing, sorting and packing of incoming relief material for kitting to ensure the smooth flow of around 30 tonnes of relief goods for distribution to the communities in the flood-affected areas,” says an official release from Deutsche Post DHL. The team assisted ASDMA in storing and managing the incoming relief material at the DHL Supply Chain’s warehouse in Guwahati, the statement added. “DHL Express is also delivering 5,000 Speedballs by which relief materials are packed in durable, waterproof DHL courier bags, each weighing up to 30 kilograms.” These bags include food items, hygiene kits, personal and essential care materials packed by DHL and Blue Dart volunteers, and ASDMA is distributing the relief material to the remote flood-affected towns and villages, the statement said.
