Snowfall in Arunachal Pradesh, vehicles remained stranded at Mayudia Pass

OUR CORRESPONDENT

ITANAGAR: With the mercury plummeting to sub-zero, several districts in Arunachal Pradesh witnessed moderate to heavy snowfall in the last couple of days, forcing people to remain indoors. Mayudia in the Lower Dibang Valley district recorded heavy snowfall in the past couple of days forcing the district administration to issue a travel advisory.

The Mayudia Pass witnessed over one feet snow and the road remained blocked for the last couple of days due to heavy rain and snowfall, Lower Dibang Valley deputy commissioner Soumya Saurabh informed. Many heavy vehicles also remained stranded at the Mayudia Pass between Lower Dibang Valley and Dibang Valley districts.

Saurabh in an advisory asked tourists from neighbouring Assam and other states to refrain from visiting the Mayudia Pass till the restoration of the road connectivity.

The DC in order also directed the superintendent of police, town magistrate of Roing and ADC of Hunli to enforce the advisory strictly.

Tawang district bordering China witnessed moderate snowfall. However, Tawang town did not witness any snowfall in the past few days though the weather is very bad, Tawang DC K N Damo informed.

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