13 families evacuated in Aizawl land subsidence

At least 13 families were evacuated to safer places due to subsidence of land in Hunthar locality of Mizoram's state capital.
State Disaster Management and Rehabilitation Director C. Lalpeksanga told PTI that at least 50 families were affected with many living with relatives while temporary accommodation were arranged for others in the government buildings constructed for the urban poor and the proposed office of the Legal Metrology.
At least 13 families were thus evacuated to safer places, he said.
The landslide and subsidence of land occurred after heavy downpour for days which also severely affected the road linking the lone Lengpui Airport as the road itself had been caving in, Lalpeksanga said.

Lalpeksanga said that experts from the Geological Survey of India (GSI) in Shillong would be arriving in Aizawl on Monday to conduct a detailed study of the area.
A detailed project report (DPR) would be submitted to the National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) to prevent the area from sinking further and reclamation of the area in accordance with the GSI report, he added.

Two houses were swept by massive landslide at Kepran village, on Mizoram-Manipur border, in Aizawl district on Friday night.
No one was killed or injured in the incident.
Heavy rain lashed Mizoram during the past two weeks causing landslides and road blocks in many places.