East & Upper Siang Districts landslides disrupt traffic movement

ITANAGAR: Traffic movement on the Pasighat-Yingkiong Trans-Arunachal Highway portion in Arunachal Pradesh has been badly affected due to heavy landslides triggered by torrential rains in the past few days.

Surface communication remains snapped for a week now due to road blocks caused by debris, stones and rocks, particularly between Bodak and Padu under East and Upper Siang districts.

The highway department has been facing problems in clearing the road blocks due to heavy rain.

However, the department had engaged its men and machines in clearing the debris for the last couple of days. Department sources said it would take at least three days to clear the road.

Several goods trucks bound for Upper Siang district are stranded on the highway near Raneghat (Pasighat) in East Siang district as the highway authority is not allowing the vehicles to ply on the route due to the road blockages, the sources said.

In July this year also, landslides had snapped the road link between Pasighat and Yingkiong.

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