Itanagar, June 29 (IANS) Arunachal Pradesh Chief Minister Pema Khandu on Monday said that Union Home Minister Amit Shah spoke to him to review the flood situation in the state, which has been battered by incessant monsoon rains and the resulting floods over the past week. In social media posts, the Chief Minister said he expressed gratitude to Union Home Minister Amit Shah for calling him to take stock of the flood situation in Arunachal Pradesh.He said he briefed Shah on the evolving situation …
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Itanagar, June 29 (IANS) Thousands of people across 12 of Arunachal Pradesh’s 28 districts have been affected to varying degrees as floods triggered by incessant monsoon rains continued to wreak havoc across the state on Monday, officials said. A disaster management official said that the death toll from the rain-triggered flash floods since June 23 in the worst-affected Keyi Panyor district has risen to three after rescuers recovered the body of a 48-year-old man on Sunday.The third victim was …
Itanagar, June 27 (IANS) The death toll from the rain-triggered flash floods in Arunachal Pradesh’s Keyi Panyor district rose to two on Saturday after rescuers recovered the body of a 30-year-old woman from beneath the debris in the NEEPCO Colony, while three other people remain missing, officials said.A senior police official said that the search and rescue operation entered its fourth day on Saturday, during which the body of Ballari Marak (alias Olyn Synkly), 30, was recovered from the debris…
Itanagar, June 25 (IANS) An Indian Air Force (IAF) helicopter was deployed on Thursday to airlift relief materials, including a rescue boat, and transport National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) personnel to Arunachal Pradesh’s Keyi Panyor district, where search and rescue operations continued for the second consecutive day to trace four persons missing after devastating flash floods struck the area, officials said. In a post on X, the IAF said: “In challenging weather and terrain, the IAF l…
Itanagar, June 25 (IANS) Search and rescue operations continued for the second consecutive day on Thursday to trace four persons who remain missing following the devastating flash floods that struck the Poosa area in Arunachal Pradesh’s Keyi Panyor district, officials said.According to district administration officials, five persons were initially reported missing after flash floods inundated the NEEPCO project colony near Poosa under the Yazali circle of Keyi Panyor district.During the ongoin…
Itanagar/Guwahati, June 24 (IANS) At least three people went missing, and around 20 houses and residential units were damaged after flash floods triggered by incessant rainfall over the past 48 hours struck Arunachal Pradesh’s Keyi Panyor district on Wednesday, officials said. The Assam government has also issued a high alert following reports of heavy rainfall and flash floods in neighbouring Arunachal Pradesh, fearing downstream impacts in several districts of the state.A senior official in …