A cloudburst in Arunachal Pradesh’s Itanagar on the morning of 23 June triggered several landslides and a flood-like situation, officials were quoted as saying.
Over the last few weeks, the North-Eastern state has been witnessing heavy rains, but the situation improved in the past two days. The officials added that there was no forecast for rain on Sunday.
According to details, the cloudburst took place around 10.30 am, which led to landslides in various parts of Itanagar and its adjoining areas. Also, a flood-like situation was witnessed in several stretches of the NH-415, media quoted official of the Disaster Management Department as saying.
Meanwhile, the Itanagar administration has issued guidelines and asked people not to venture into rivers and landslide-prone areas., adding, they move to safer places in view of the heavy rain.
The district administration has set up seven designated places as relief camps.
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