Accidents - Disasters - Fires - Floods - Tragedies
Oct. 10, 1955 - Northern India In Grip Of Worst Floods For 25 Years Village Marooned: Some areas in Northern India are in the grip of what-have been termed as the worst floods for twenty five years. Amritsar the Holy city of the Skihs is surrounded by water-railways in the Punjab have been breached and communications disrupted, Delhi the Capital has thrown all its resources into an evacuation drive to clear low lying townships on the banks of the Jamuna as the water in the river worked its way up to the danger mark. Photo shows View of the flooded countryside near Karnal in the Punjab. showing two marooned villages in centre of the picture
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