Thousands of hectares of paddy fields with standing crops have also been devastated by the flood. Many fish firms have also been washed away by the flood.
AIR correspondent Aribam Sharma reports from Imphal that Manipur Chief Minister, Okram Ibobi Singh has announced an immediate relief of 5 thousand and 5 hundred quintals of rice and 10 lakh rupees in cash for the flood affected families of the state.
State Government has decided to provide 10 kg of rice per affected household and to provide one tanker of SK Oil for each of the flood affected districts.
As per the preliminary reports submitted to the state government by the concerned Deputy Commissioners of the four flood affected valley districts of the state, the number of flood affected households is 17000 in Imphal West and 18000 in Imphal East.
The flood also affected 10000 households each in Bishnupur and Thoubal districts.
State Irrigation and Flood Control Department sources say that water levels of all the major rivers flowing through four districts of Imphal East, Imphal West, Thoubal and Bishnupur in Manipur valley have been gradually decreased below the flood level.
However, the water levels of Iril River, Thoubal River, Imphal River and Nambul River are still above danger level.
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