Landslide Claims 4 in Arunachal Pradesh, Identified as Workers from Assam

ITANAGAR: Heavy rains over the last few days have been reported from parts of Arunachal Pradesh and Assam leading to landslides at several places. One of the major ones occurred in Arunachal Pradesh and buried several people alive.

According to local reports, at least four construction workers, all hailing from the state of Assam were killed when a massive landslide buried them alive. The incident took place in the Upper Siang district of the state.

These workers were reportedly working on a road construction project in the Upper Siang district of Arunachal Pradesh when the incident took place. Workers from Assam are often engaged in construction-related works across different locations in the region.

More details are awaited regarding the incident.

About a month back, even before the onset of the rainy season of the year, natural calamities like heavy downpours and massive landslides hit the contentious Subansiri Lower Hydroelectric Project (SLHP) with 2000 MW installation capacity, being constructed by the NHPC Limited at Gerukamukh of Dhemaji district. Of late, landslide in enormous proportion has created havoc in the catchment area of the mega river dam project affecting its construction works.

This time, a large part of the hill, made of soft, sedimentary rocks, located at the left bank of the river Subansiri, slid down heavily and violently in the river basin by producing a robust sound and affecting the diversion tunnels of the project adversely. The proportion of the landslide was very heavy and it produced big waves in the river basin by raising the water up to several metres height. The natural calamity has once again put the NHPC Limited in a troubled situation and people living downstream of the river have become apprehensive about the feasibility of the mega river dam project.

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