Landslides damage 191 houses, CM surveys affected area

Itanagar, Aug 10 (UNI) At least 191 houses have been damaged by a serial landslides triggered by heavy rains at Mago and Thingbu areas of Arunchal Pradesh's Tawang district during the last couple of days.

Official sources said the road communication was also badly affected as many bridges and culverts were also damaged in the massive landslips, that killed four members of a family in the district on Wednesday.

Chief Minister Dorjee Khandu yesterday made an aerial survey of the landslide-affected Lumla-Tawang-Jung valley.

Though the district administration had set up a task force combing police, army and para military forces to rescue operation in the affected areas, continuous soil erosion and downpour were hampering the restoration works, sources informed.

The Chief Minister also surveyed the areas near Lumla, Soula, Trilam and Tongring for proposed airstrip and green field airport in the district, sources added.

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