Heavy rains affect life in Tirap

Torrential rains for the past few days at Khonsa and its peripheral areas in Tirap district have left a trail of destruction at many places in and around the district headquarters town.
Roads have been washed away at various locations while the main road from Khonsa to Longding was blocked for the past few days due to a massive landslide near the Sweet Fall, Tirap information and public relation officer D Bosai said today.
The road is the lifeline for both the Tirap and Longding districts, while the the Longding-Kanubari road was also not in good shape.
The district administration and the highway department were toiling had to restore normal road communication, Bosai said.

A number of houses, both government and private were on the verge of collapse, the DIPRO said.
Tirap DC Kamlesh Kumar Joshi has been supervising the renovation work at the affected places, Bosai said.

The small streams and rivulets get inundated by rain water thereby threatening the residents residing near such streams and rivulets.
The rain was likely to continue till first part of August, he said.
However, Bosai said most of the problems were man-made as people have construct houses, roads, garages, shops etc flaunting all rules.
They cause blockage of drains thereby allowing the rain water to flow on the roads.

Most of the landslides are due to unscientific jhum cultivation and collection of boulders from the streams, he added.