Rains disrupt life in Arunachal districts

Rains lashed several parts of Arunachal Pradesh disrupting road communication, with the state capital badly affected.
Chief Secretary Ramesh Negi today convened a high-level meeting to review the situation.
Road communications between Itanagar and Banderdewa via Karsingsa got disrupted following washing away of a large stretch of the NH-415 (formerly known as NH-52A) and many culverts at sinking zone near Karsingsa, a senior PWD official said.
Traffic has been diverted through Nirjuli-Gumto-Harmutty road to take the NH-52 in Assam, PWD (Highway) chief engineer Hage Appa said.
It would take a few days to restore the highway as continuous downpour was hampering works, he added.

The Hollongi-Itanagar road is also snapped due to heavy and incessant rains, the official said.

Yingkiong, the headquarters of Upper Siang district in Arunachal Pradesh remained cut off from rest of the country due to massive landslides triggered by incessant rain, Upper Siang district officials said.
The BRTF Road between Yingkiong and Geku was blocked for last 48 hours due to landslides, officials said.
The Mariyang-Pasighat Road has been blocked by heavy landslide in many places as a result.
Heavy showers submerged low lying areas and disrupted road communication along Pasighat-Ledum-Tene road in Pasighat and Mebo-Dhola road in Mebo sub-division linking district headquarters and rural areas, officials said.

Clogged rainwater on Mirem-Mikong-Ruksin (MMR) and Pasighat-Ledum-Tene (PLT) road caused problems for motorists as well as pedestrians.
Heavy rain in the upper reaches of Mebo hill site is causing constant rise of water level in Siku and Kadang, and Ngopok rivers.
Turbulent Siku River posed serious threat to the RCC Bridge over it.
The Border Road Task Force is facing problem to repair the eroded portion due to incessant rain.
The bridge on the highway is vital as the road connects entire Mebo sub-division and parts of Lower Dibang valley district with district headquarters.
According to Water Resource department, Siang and other tributaries of Brahmaputra rivers are flowing above danger level.

Officials in Lower Dibang Valley district said that swelling Eze River (Deopani) cut off Hunli-Desali block and whole of Dibang Valley district from the rest of the country.
Incessant rainfall resulted in complete disruption of power supply in the district since Friday.
The lone hydel project in the district has the capacity of supplying electricity to only a small area.
Majority of power consumers are solely dependent on electricity supply from neighbouring Assam.