Heavy rain lashed large parts of north and central India killing 12 people in the region. Six people perished in Uttarakhand and three each in Uttar Pradesh and Chhattisgarh. In Uttarakhand, six persons were killed and dozens of houses were damaged following the heavy rain on Tuesday. Meanwhile roads leading to shrines of Gangotri and Badrinath are blocked for more than a week now. Met department has predicted possibility of moderate to heavy rain at various places in the next 24 hours. Flood situation remains grim in Uttar Pradesh. Ghaghra is in spate at Gonda, Barabanki, Barich, Basti and in Balia districts. Ganga is also rising and flowing above the danger mark in Fatehgarh, Kannuj, Kanpur and in Balia district. Flood has affected more than twelve lakh people of twenty four districts for last many days. More than three hundred villages of Gonda, Barabanki, Basti and Baharich are badly hit by Ghaghara flood. Sharda river has flooded two hundred villages in Lakhimpur Khiri district while 82 villages of Pilibhit district are still waterlogged. More than nine hundred villages nine districts of western UP districts are facing flood from Ganga, Ramganga and other rivers for last many days. However the state relief commissioner has said that speedy supply of relief materials have been insured but there are several complaints from flood affected areas that relief supplies are not reaching on time. According to met department many regions in state received light to heavy rain in last twenty four hours. Delhiites got respite from muggy conditions with heavy rain lashing parts of the Capital and turning the weather fairly pleasant. In Chhatisgarh three people were killed and as many were injured when lightning struck Gariaband area. Meanwhile, light to moderate rainfall lashed few places in Haryana and Punjab with mercuring hovering close to normal levels Assam Government has announced a one- hundred crore rupees special package for the worst flood-hit Dhemaji district for immediate repairing and rehabilitation measures. The State Chief Minister Mr.Tarun Gogoi announced this after visiting the flood-affected areas of the district on Tuesday. He said one lakh rupees ex-gratia will be paid to the kin of those lost their lives in the latest floods in the district. Besides, 25 thousand rupees assistance will be provided to each of those who lost a pucca house. 10 thousand rupees will be given against each kutcha house. The Chief Minister reviewed the situation with the top district, Railway and Border Roads Task Force (BRTF) authorities at Dhemaji. He instructed the officials to work out suitable schemes for repairing the flood damages and asked to execute those on war-footing. Around two lakh people in the district were badly hit following flash floods in Gaai and Jia Dhol Rivers last week. Although the flood waters receded, around four thousand people are still taking shelter in nine make-shift relief camps set up by the administration due to damage of their houses and properties. Huge areas of standing paddy crops have been damaged besides claiming 14 lives by the floods. The rushing flood waters washed away large portions of the National Highway 52 and the Railway line connecting the district at Sisi Borgaon-Tokobari area. Direct road communication to the district along with three other districts of neighbouring Arunachal Pradesh- East, West and Upper Siang, is still cut off.