A report from East Siang district stated flash floods have left a path of destruction. (Representational)
Itanagar:
Steady rainfall previously 4 days has triggered landslides and a flood-like scenario in Arunachal Pradesh, damaging roads, homes and inundating low-lying areas, officers stated on Thursday.
Huge landslides have been reported in lots of components of the state capital since Wednesday, a senior authorities official stated.
Additional Assistant Commissioner (EAC) of Itanagar Neelam Teji stated a mudslide at Dokum colony has broken homes in Chimpu space. A street in Niti Vihar space has additionally been affected, he stated.
In addition to damaging a large stretch of street from Dera Natug Authorities School gate to Higher Vivek Vihar, the landslides have blocked a street from Hilltop colony to IRBn colony, Teji stated.
PWD Assistant Engineer B Tadar stated a big stretch of the Papu-Itanagar street through Jullang has been broken.
A culvert close to Nyishi Elite Society (NES) secretariat at Richi was fully washed away for which the street has been closed.
State BJP president B R Wahge who can also be an MLA, Itanagar MLA Techi Kaso, PWD capital division-B Government Engineer Tarh Gongkap together with locals visited the spot to take inventory of the scenario on Thursday morning.
A report from East Siang district stated the landslides and flash floods have left a path of destruction within the district.
The washing away of a 30-feet method street to a bridge over the Sile river has affected street communication on the Mirem Mikong-Ruksin street beneath Ruksin sub-division.
Two individuals who received trapped within the Sibo Korong river close to Pasighat have been rescued by police together with a group of fireplace and emergency companies beneath the supervision of East Siang Superintendent of Police on Thursday, the report stated.
A number of pockets of Pasighat, the district headquarters of East Siang, are going through a flood-like scenario with low-lying areas getting inundated.
The Siang river and all its tributaries are flowing above the hazard mark at some factors for which the district administration has issued advisories asking individuals to not enterprise into the rivers.
In response to an info obtained from Lohit and Namsai districts, all the main rivers and their tributaries are in spate.
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