At least seven people including three members of a family, were killed and two persons missing in separate incidents of landslides and drowning following incessant rains in Tripura during the past 24 hours, officials said on Tuesday.

Disaster Management Department officials said that the three members of a family including a woman and a child died at Debipur in South Tripura district when their mud house collapsed owing to a massive landslide late on Monday night.

Villagers recovered the three bodies on Tuesday morning. The deceased were identified as Trisankar Chakma (50), his wife Rajini Chakma (41) and their daughter Mita Chakma (12).

The official said that another 14-year-old boy (Biresh Debbarma) was killed on Tuesday when his house collapsed at Teliamura in Khowai district while Mauai Reang, (52), was killed and another villager went missing in a landslide at Karbook area in Gomati district.

Two more people were killed and one more person missing in south Tripura district due to landslides and drowning.

Revenue Department Secretary Brijesh Pandey said that due to incessant rainfall since Monday water levels of several rivers in Tripura have inflated significantly leading to flooding in many areas leading to badly affecting South Tripura and Gomati district.

Four rivers -- Howrah, Dhalai, Muhuri and Khowai are flowing above the danger level till Tuesday evening.

Pandey said that Chief Minister Dr Manik Saha, who is in Delhi, has been taking stock of the flood situation on a regular basis and he would hold a review meeting on the flood situation on his return from the national capital.

He said that the District Administrations have opened a total of 183 relief camps for providing shelter to 5607 affected families in four districts of the state—West Tripura, Gomati, South Tripura and Khowai.

Besides the district administrations, Water resources, Power, PWD, Forest, Police, Fire and Emergency Service, various para-military and disaster management forces are working round the clock to mitigate the impact of floods and to provide relief and rescue operations to affected families.

The heavy rainfall has triggered landslides in many areas. Road blockades due to fallen trees have happened in many places, the official said.

As per the forecast of the India Meteorological Department (IMD), due to active monsoon there would be light to moderate rainfall over all districts of Tripura for next two days.

IMD has issued a red alert for South Tripura district and orange alert for the rest of the state.