4,500 Trucks Stranded On Tripura's Lifeline, Petrol Touches Rs. 250 A Ltr Saturday July 02,2016

More than 4,500 trucks are now stranded on National Highway 8, which connects Tripura to the rest of the country, as heavy rains, mudslides and water-logging has turned a 20 km-stretch of the crucial road into slush.

Petrol is being sold at Rs. 200 to 250 per litre in some places as supplies of essential goods including medicines, fuel and food have been cut off for days.

Tripura revenue minister Badal Chowdhury on Saturday July 02,2016 told  that to counter the shortage of supplies, efforts are being made to transport goods through Bangladesh.

Bad weather and incessant rains have prevented repairs on the road from moving ahead with most of the trucks stranded on the Assam-Tripura border in Assam's Karimganj district