With the close proximity of Bangladesh and Myanmar, Tripura has been used as a corridor of drug and contraband smuggling for over a decade. Cannabis cultivation became rampant in the bordering sub-divisions of the state, which grew an alternative source of economy.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi and BJP President Amit Shah walked 5km in the scorching sun behind Atal Bihari Vajpayee’s hearse, accompanied by other BJP leaders, seeking to pay an “extraordinary tribute” to ‘Atal’, the stalwart of the BJP.

Never in the history of India, the people of the god’s own country had been this severely affected. The nature’s fury has paralyzed the entire state, as the catastrophe and torrid pounding inflicted by the rain god made the people run helter-skelter to save their life. Landslides and surging rivers have severely damaged roads, bridges and electricity supply in hilly and low-lying areas in 11 out of 14 districts in the State.