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At least 21 people killed and thousands left
homeless as rain causes landslides and floods in India's Uttarakhand and
north eastern states, say officials.
Floods triggered by heavy rains have inundated
nearly 200 villages in northern India, killing at least 21 people and
leaving thousands homeless, officials said on Sunday, as forecasts for
more rain prompted fresh flood warnings.
The latest rain has caused landslides and floods
in many parts of India and neighbouring Nepal, where at least 90 people
have been killed since Thursday, according to the latest government
update.
More rain is now forecast in the state of Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand in the Himalayas, resulting in new flood warnings.
“Nearly two hundred villages have been hit by
the flood which has taken at least 21 lives,” said Alok Ranjan, chief
secretary of Uttar Pradesh.
The river Rapti that threads through densely
populated parts of the state was running above the danger mark, another
official said.
India’s annual rains have picked up from early
August after the worst start in five years for the June-September
monsoon season raised fears of widespread drought in the sub-continent.
There were concerns that a slow start to the
monsoon season would trim cane output in the world’s second-biggest
sugar producing nation, but a late revival in rains resulted in higher
acreage being planted.
However, fresh floods in North India have now raised fears of damage to the cane crop.
“Sugarcane is at high risk due to floods as
water logging can damage the crop,” Sudhir Panwar, president of farmers’
body Kisan Jagriti Manch said by telephone from Lucknow, capital of
Uttar Pradesh.
According to the latest assessment of the Indian
Sugar Mills Association, the country’s sugar output could rise 4 per
cent to 25.3 million tonnes in 2014/15, the fifth surplus year in a row,
because of higher cane yields in other major producing states of
Maharashtra and Karnataka.
(Khaleej Times)
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