Flood, landslides in Arunachal
August 17, 2014  14:38
Incessant rains in the past couple of days have triggered floods and landslides in several districts of Arunachal Pradesh, disrupting road communication and throwing normal life out of gear.

PWD (Highway) chief engineer Hage Appa said today that landslides triggered by heavy rains on August 15 disrupted surface communication between Itanagar and Naharlagun and washed away road and culverts at sinking zone near Karsingsa. 

The road communication between Banderdewa and Itanagar via Karsingsa remained disrupted for the third day today as a result. The road currently is closed for all types of vehicles, he said in a release.

The district administration has asked the people to use Nirjuli-Doimukh-Harmuty road and Itanagar-Hollongi road to take NH-52 in Assam as the road restoration work between Naharlagun and Banderdewa may take two days to complete. 

The Kimin-Ziro road too is blocked since Thursday due to massive landslides, some of which have been cleared, he said.

Landslides have also occurred at Chandranagar, Nitivihar and many sectors in the capital complex here.
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