Northeast, India's Incessant Rain Toll Countdown

Incessant rain has hit the normal life of entire Northeast of India, causing river swelling due to which major scenario of landslide, erosion and flood havoc countdown on lives have left life out of gear.

Almost 80000 people remain affected due to massive disappearance of land and properties triggered by erosion due to increasing level of river bed. Extreme rainfall in the month of July was predicted by weather forecast department but such abnormal trigger of river swelling was unexpected.

Today on 13th July, 2016 major landslides have hit many parts of Northeast like Nagaland and Assam, bringing stall to road communication and loss to properties. Stall of incessant monsoon rain havoc in the future is quite unpredictable, till yet major economic districts like  Jorhat, Nagaon, Dhemaji, and Lakhimpur of Assam have not yet recovered.

According to the analysis of Meghalaya and Assam weather departments, this scenario of flood havoc followed by landslide and erosion, expected to persist due to persistent cyclonic circulation.

NMMT (Nagaland, Manipur, Mizoram and Tripura) comes under heavy monsoon rain belt zone. Nagaland youth body ARSU (The Akuluto Range Students’ Union) are agitated over communication disruption due to major landslide  at NH 702 highway connecting Mokokchung and  Zunheboto on 13th July.

Nagaland University Lumami comes under Zunheboto region, ARSU in observance to student's plight has requested for immediate clearance of the NH 702 road to the EE (PWD) Mokokchung.

Situation due to rain in this connected zones have intensified that even light vehicles could not ply over the alternative road, disrupting the life of normal people who depends on the route to meet their ends.

Still yet Tripura-bound heavy vehicles transacting by Assam highway are still left stranded due to severe of road by heavy rain and landslides. Excessive landslides in the Dima Hasao district had slammed the train services from Assam to Lumding for two months in a row.