Itanagar, Jul 10: The death toll in the current wave of floods in Arunachal Pradesh has risen to seven after the body of a woman, who had gone missing along with another person, was recovered in Papum Pare district, an official report said on Friday.
Police on Thursday recovered the body of 43-year-old Taw Ajini from the Lichi area in the district.
She was swept away in the flash flood at Possa in Keyi Panyor district on June 24 and had remained untraced despite continued search efforts, according to a report from the State Emergency Operation Centre (SEOC).
One woman is still missing after the monsoon deluge struck the district.
Two labourers from Bihar were killed, and four others injured after a rain-triggered landslide hit a construction site in Lohit district on Wednesday.
Earlier, one person was killed in a landslide at Sarti village in Anjaw district on June 28, while three others died in the flash flood at Possa in Keyi Panyor district.
Meanwhile, houses, roads and crops were damaged as fresh floods and landslides were reported across three districts of the northeastern state.
The fresh incidents were reported from West Kameng, Upper Subansiri and Tirap during the last 24 hours, the SEOC said.
The affected villages included Khellong and Pangma in West Kameng; Riamukhi, Tachiring, Baring, Nungnu, Esso, Ginglo, Maling, Kamsar, Kamda, Dupit, Ayeng, Rigia and Duchok in Upper Subansiri; and Khonsa town in Tirap.
In the ongoing spell of rain-triggered floods and landslides, at least 94,201 people have been affected across 333 villages in 237 circles spread over 26 districts, the report said.
Floods and landslides have caused extensive damage to agriculture and public infrastructure across the state.
A total of 334.2 hectares of crop area has been affected, including 185.5 hectares under horticulture and 148.7 hectares under agriculture, while 1,010 hectares of forest area have also been impacted.
Infrastructure losses include damage to 131 roads, 19 bridges, 21 culverts, 191 water supply systems, 58 government buildings, 21 power lines, 224 electric poles, four hydel projects, seven retaining walls, seven flood protection walls, two hospitals and three schools, besides drainage networks and other public assets.
Hundreds of houses have also been damaged across the state, the report said.
Four relief camps continue to operate in Keyi Panyor, where 252 people are currently taking shelter. Rescue and relief operations are continuing in the affected districts.
According to the India Meteorological Department (IMD), rainfall is expected to continue across the state till Tuesday, with the weather office issuing an orange alert (Be prepared) for East Kameng on Friday, warning of heavy rainfall accompanied by thunderstorms and lightning.
A yellow alert (Be aware) has been issued for West Kameng, Tawang, Lower Subansiri, Papum Pare, East Siang and Tirap on Friday, while the remaining districts have not been placed under any major weather warning.
On Saturday, a yellow alert has been issued for Tawang, East Kameng, Pakke-Kessang, Papum Pare, Lower Subansiri, West Siang, Siang, Lower Dibang Valley, Lohit, Anjaw and Longding. No warning has been issued for the remaining districts.
On Sunday, yellow alert conditions are expected to persist over Tawang, East Kameng, Pakke-Kessang, Papum Pare, Lower Subansiri, Lower Siang, West Siang, Siang, Lower Dibang Valley, Lohit, Anjaw, Namsai, Changlang and Longding, while the rest of the state is likely to remain free from any significant weather warning.
The IMD has forecast a further improvement in weather conditions on Monday, with yellow alerts confined to Tawang, West Kameng, East Kameng, Pakke-Kessang, Papum Pare, Lower Subansiri, Lower Siang, West Siang, Siang, Namsai, Changlang and Longding.
On Tuesday, isolated heavy rainfall accompanied by thunderstorms and lightning is likely over West Kameng, Tawang, East Kameng, Pakke-Kessang, Papum Pare, Lower Subansiri, Lower Siang, West Siang, Siang, Upper Siang, Dibang Valley, Lower Dibang Valley, Lohit, Anjaw, Changlang and Longding, while no warning has been issued for the remaining districts. (PTI)
