When a mountainside gave way before dawn on 24 June, engulfing the NEEPCO residential colony at Poosa village in Arunachal Pradesh's Keyi Panyor district, the immediate explanation was simple: an extreme monsoon cloudburst had triggered a devastating flash flood.
Bridges collapsed, farmlands vanished under water, and nearly a thousand cattle and goats were swept away in a single village alone. Entire communities are now waiting, isolated, for help to reach them.
The Nah Welfare Society, representing indigenous communities in Upper Subansiri district, has accused the People’s Liberation Army of gradually occupying traditional grazing lands and hunting grounds near Taksing, north of the Subansiri River.
NDRF said rescue efforts have been affected by difficult conditions at the site, including the mountainous landscape and changing weather.
"The true measure of leadership lies in the trust it earns and the service it renders," Vice-President C P Radhakrishnan said while speaking at a book release event here on Wednesday.
The prime minister also laid the foundation stones of several development projects for northeast.
Recent improvements in air connectivity and impending rail connectivity will go a long way in giving a boost to the development of the area. Arunachal Pradesh covers the largest geographical space among the eight sisters of the North-east.
Modi prayed for the continuous progress, peace and prosperity of Mizoram.
Once again, some opposition chief ministers have filed petitions against their Governors in the Supreme Court for allegedly exceeding their roles.
The landslide occurred on the stretch between Muri Mugli and Gami Road, claiming the lives of Christopher Hemram, Abhijit Hemram, Nirmal Hemram, and Lakshminath Kisku.
