AGARTALA, July 20: Prices of essential commodities were on the rise in Tripura with the State remaining cut off from the rest of the country since July 9 due to landslides caused by incessant rains, official sources said today, reports PTI. Sources at the Border Road Task Force, which looks after NH 44 linking Assam, Meghalaya and Tripura, said the situation had further deteriorated with heavy rains causing landslides in several parts of Sonarpur in Meghalaya and disrupting vehicular movement on the national highway.
Meanwhile, the prices of eseential commodities including onion, potato, fish and vegetables were soaring as supply from outside has stopped due to the blocking of the Assam-Agartala national highway, considered to be the lifeline of the state, for 12 days. Incessant rains had caused huge landslides on the roads and many 'pucca' structures were demolished due to rolling down of boulders. Efforts were on to clear the debris from the sites at the earliest. The landslides had forced hundreds of Guwahati and Shillong-bound vehicles, including buses, to remain stranded at different places on the highway causing inconvenience to passengers and transport workers.