The DMs were instructed to follow the IMD’s impact-based advisories and follow a set of measures, including regularly assessing the situation; alerting the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF), State Disaster Response Force (SDRF), Tripura State Rifles (TSR), Fire and Emergency Services, trained volunteers, and Quick Response Teams (QRT); and identifying locations to deploy the personnel to immediately if needed.

The advisory also asked the DMs to ready equipment like boats, life-saving jackets and other flood rescue items; monitor water flow in rivers, embankments, and catchment areas; and take immediate preventive and preparedness measures; evacuate people from low-lying areas to the safe shelters; start rolling out relief if needed; make immediate damage assessment; and report to the State Emergency Operations Centre (SEOC) by 2 pm along with reports of action taken.

The IMD has forecast that heavy to very heavy rain (7-20 cm) is very likely all over Tripura and thunderstorms, with lightning and gusty wind reaching 40-50 kmph at a few places in all districts on Wednesday.

For the second day of the warning period, the IMD has forecast heavy to very heavy rain (7-20 cm) with isolated extremely heavy (>20 cm) rainfall in West Tripura and Khowai districts, while heavy to very heavy rain (7-20 cm) is likely to occur at few places in rest of the districts, with thunderstorms with lighting and squally winds reaching 40-50 kmph, even gusting to 60 kmph, very likely at one or two places all over the state.

For the third day, the IMD has predicted heavy to very heavy rain (7-20 cm) in parts of North Tripura, Dhalai, Sepahijala, Gomati and South Tripura districts, while thunderstorms with lighting and squally winds reaching 40-50 kmph, even gusting to 60 kmph, are very likely at a few places all over the state. Heavy rainfall (7-11 cm) is also predicted in parts of other districts of the state.

For the last day, IMD has predicted heavy rainfall to occur in parts of the entire state, while thunderstorms and gusty winds reaching 30-40 kmph are very likely in parts of all the districts.

Devastating floods cost 38 lives last year, apart from affecting over 17 lakh people and causing damage worth Rs 15,000 crore, including in road connectivity, power transmission, flood management infrastructure, domestic households and public infrastructure, livestock, and agriculture.

Over two lakh people were shifted to 889 relief camps last year, with 11 out of the 12 rivers in the state flowing above the danger level.