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Incessant rain triggered flash floods in Arunachal Pradesh's Keyi Panyor district on Wednesday (June 24), leaving five people missing, injuring 17 others and damaging at least 18 residential units, while landslides disrupted road connectivity and stranded travellers.
The missing persons from the Neepco Project Colony near Poosa under Yazali circle have been identified as Elesh Marak (13), Balari Marak (30), Tao Anjina (46), Nirmala Gupta (35) and Sourav Kumar, State Disaster Management secretary Dani Sulu said. Search and rescue operations are underway.
Seventeen people sustained injuries in the flash floods, including three who were critically injured and later evacuated to Ziro in Lower Subansiri district for treatment, Sulu said.
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Also, North Eastern Electric Power Corporation Ltd (NEEPCO) said the Panyor Lower Hydro Station has been shut down following a cloudburst, with flooding causing damage to parts of the hydropower project.
An under-construction retaining wall collapsed due to the heavy downpour, leading to waterlogging in low-lying residential areas in and around the colony, he said. At least 18 residential units were damaged in the incident.
District police and State Disaster Response Force (SDRF) personnel rescued one Bishu Sinha from the Yazali reservoir, while a scientist of the Geological Survey of India (GSI) was rescued from a stretch of National Highway 13 affected by the calamity, police said.
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The administration has directed the additional deputy commissioner, the deputy superintendent of police and the circle officer concerned to rush to the affected site for assessment and coordination of rescue operations.
"A team of SDRF has been deployed, while the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) has been alerted and is moving towards the area to assist in relief and rescue efforts," Sulu said.
All available reserve personnel and vehicles within the Yazali jurisdiction have been mobilised, while ex-servicemen have also been called in to support emergency operations, he said.
The missing persons from the Neepco Project Colony near Poosa under Yazali circle have been identified as Elesh Marak (13), Balari Marak (30), Tao Anjina (46), Nirmala Gupta (35) and Sourav Kumar, State Disaster Management secretary Dani Sulu said. Search and rescue operations are underway.
Seventeen people sustained injuries in the flash floods, including three who were critically injured and later evacuated to Ziro in Lower Subansiri district for treatment, Sulu said.
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Also, North Eastern Electric Power Corporation Ltd (NEEPCO) said the Panyor Lower Hydro Station has been shut down following a cloudburst, with flooding causing damage to parts of the hydropower project.
An under-construction retaining wall collapsed due to the heavy downpour, leading to waterlogging in low-lying residential areas in and around the colony, he said. At least 18 residential units were damaged in the incident.
District police and State Disaster Response Force (SDRF) personnel rescued one Bishu Sinha from the Yazali reservoir, while a scientist of the Geological Survey of India (GSI) was rescued from a stretch of National Highway 13 affected by the calamity, police said.
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The administration has directed the additional deputy commissioner, the deputy superintendent of police and the circle officer concerned to rush to the affected site for assessment and coordination of rescue operations.
"A team of SDRF has been deployed, while the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) has been alerted and is moving towards the area to assist in relief and rescue efforts," Sulu said.
All available reserve personnel and vehicles within the Yazali jurisdiction have been mobilised, while ex-servicemen have also been called in to support emergency operations, he said.
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