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The death toll in this year's pre-monsoon showers, monsoon flood and landslides has risen to 42 in Assam.
Junmoni Rabha, currently serving as a SI at Kaliabor police station in Nagaon district, was arrested after being questioned for two consecutive days.
All of the northeastern states, from Assam to Arunachal Pradesh, are blessed with nature's bounty, and anyone visiting the region for the first time gets both excited and surprised to see such a diverse landscape.
Nagaon is the worst hit district with over 3.51 lakh people in distress, followed by Cachar (nearly two lakh people) and Hojai (more than 44,500 people).
Assam State Disaster Management Authority said that at present 1413 villages are under water and Nagaon is the worst hit district where 2.88 lakh people are reeling under the calamity.
Landslides triggered by incessant rain snapped rail and road links to Barak Valley and Dima Hasao district of Assam and neighbouring states of Tripura, Mizoram and Manipur.
Roads, bridges and houses have been completed or partially damaged in several areas.
A total 10,321 hectares of crop land have been inundated in the current spate of floods.
No report of loss of life or damage to property has been received in either of the quake, officials said.
'My arrest is an act of 56-inch cowardice and it has undermined Gujarat's pride,' Mevani said at a press conference in an apparent swipe at Prime Minister Narendra Modi's 56-inch chest assertion.
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