Agartala, Aug 27: After a week of closure due to floods, all educational institutions in Tripura re-opened on Tuesday except those schools where relief camps have been set up.

After the devastating floods and landslides triggered by heavy rains began on August 19, the Tripura government announced closures of all educational institutions including schools and universities for an indefinite period.

Flood waters have started to recede in many parts of Tripura after the improvement in the last two days but problem still continues with 1.17 lakh people still sheltered in 525 relief camps in various districts.

The catastrophic flood which hit the state for the first time in over three decades, so far, has claimed 31 lives, including women and children, in six of the eight districts – South Tripura, Gomati, West Tripura, Sepahijala, Unakoti and Khowai since August 19, and two persons still missing.

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