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Last Updated on 24th May, 2022
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  • Disaster has struck Dima Hasao after incessant heavy rainfall which severely affected the 170 km railway line connecting Lumding in the Brahmaputra Valley’s Hojai district and Badarpur in the Barak Valley’s Karimganj district.

 

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  • Dima Hasao district earlier called North Cachar Hills district, is an administrative district in the state of Assam enjoying the Sixth Schedule status.
  • Dima Hasao district is one of the two Autonomous hill districts of the state of Assam.
  • The district headquarter Haflong is the only hill station in Assam, a tourist paradise, also named the Switzerland of the north-east.
  • Dima Hasao District is surrounded by Karbi Anglong district and Nagaland on North-East, Manipur on East, Hojai District on North, West Karbi Anglong district on North-West, Meghalaya on West and Cachar district on South.
  • It is one of the eleven districts in Assam currently receiving funds from the Backward Regions Grant Fund Programme (BRGF).

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