Flood situation improves in Lohit of Arunachal

Itanagar, Aug 1: Flood situation in Lohit district of Arunachal Pradesh has marginally improved water level of all the rivers in the district were receding with slight improvement of weather condition.

However, the road communication of Tezu-Thongam-Parasuram Kund remained cut off from rest of the country for past few days, according to district official sources here today.

Attending an emergency meeting of relief and rehabilitation management committee at Tezu, local MLA Karikho Kri has appealed to all to work for restoration of road link, power and water supply with minimum expenditure to bring normalcy. The meeting reviewed also took stock of food grains availability and decided to use all means to bring petroleum products by some alternative routes.

The road communication between Roing in Lower Dibang Valley district and Anini in Dibang Velley district remained disrupted due to landslides in several places for the last four days, sources said.

Bailey bridge over Deopani river and approached road to the RCC bridge over Ippi Pani river near Roing were washed away by flood water, sources added restoration works will take two to three weeks time if weather condition improved.

Dibang Valley district administration has appealed to the state government to approve extra Pawan Hans service to evacuate the stranded passengers at Anini and Roing. Many of them stranded for several days due to non-availability of helicopter service, official sources informed.

Meanwhile, Lower Dibang Valley district Zilla Parishad chairman Dature Miuli informed that flood waters of Dibang river and its tributaries have inundated most ot the plain area of the district like Iduli, Rukmo, Abali, Meka, Jia, Bolung, Parbuk, Kongkong, idili, Ithili and Daleswer areas, kamaged power supply. Road communication between the villages like Abango, Injonu, Delo, Koronu and Bhismaknagar and Roing remained cut off due to flood water from Aba and Injo rivers.

Moreover, the entire Dambuk sub-division remained cut off from the rest of the country as the Dibang and Sisiri rivers have been over flowing disrupting all mode of communication, Miuli said and appealed to the state government to give necessary directives to the authorities concerned to minimize the impact of flood fury.

UNI