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New Delhi: Over 30 people in India’s north-eastern states were killed in the last 24 hours because of torrential rains caused due to depression in north Bangladesh and Meghalaya. While Assam, Meghalaya, Arunachal Pradesh, Mizoram and Nagaland bore the worst damage, reports of rain-related displacement and deaths were also reported from Sikkim, Tripura and Manipur.

Thousands have been displaced amid floods and landslides, as rainfall broke all records in the region, highlighting an urgent need for better disaster management preparedness and flood management plans.

PTI reported that 17 districts of Assam, particularly Lakhimpur, were badly hit by floods and landslides and over 78,000 were left displaced. Nearly 41, 600 people were affected in Lakhimpur alone.

Relief camps had been constructed in anticipation of heavy rains........

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