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Continuous heavy rainfall, coupled with improper drainage system had caused major landslide and subsidence to around 140 feet, totally cutting-off the approach road of lower Naga bazaar area of Kohima town yesterday while a low pressure area lay over Jharkhand and its neighbourhood today. Official sources in Kohima said the road leading to Leprosy colony, LP school, cemetery and some houses was affected. Around 15 buildings under construction and five RCC buildings were totally damaged by the landslide yesterday. Several of the houses under construction, which had sunk, were gradually buried. A woman was injured when the house began to sink. Residents of the colony had to rebury a body when a grave was exposed by the landslide. The Gaon Burha of Naga Bazaar Khriengulie Rio expressed unhappiness with the authorities for not taking up adequate measures despite being informed about the impending landslide. He also said that after the landslide only the SDO(C) visited the site. The entire area of Poufii and nearby, with around 60 household plots had sunk down some 50 to 60 feet towards a stream. Due to the mudslide from the upper side, the open stream along with retaining wall, which flowed between the two colonies, Lower Naga bazaar and Kezieke, has created a artificial lake, accumulating water measuring around 12 feet deep in the middle. In Phesama, the National Highway 29 continued to be blocked for the 10th day today, cutting off the Southern Angami areas of Nagaland and the entire State of Manipur. The mudslide continued to flow from the hilltop, flowing over the Highway to the valley areas, gradually covering the standing paddy fields one after another. Due to the pressure of the mudslides, about five square kilometer areas of the both sides of the mudslide, continued to sink, forcing the residents to evacuate and demolish their house to re-construct in safer places. So far a total of 60 families had to evacuate from their houses and the paddy fields of around 200 villagers were covered by mudslide. The BRO workers are working to clear the mud along with debris, but due to uninterrupted mudslide, the highway could not be open till today. A report from Hyderabad said the Low Pressure Area over north Odisha and adjoining Jharkhand and Chhattisgarh now lay over Jharkhand and neighbourhood. Under its influence, moderate to rather heavy rain or thundershowers would occur at a few places over Coastal Andhra Pradesh during the next 24 hours. Light to moderate rain or thundershowers would occur at isolated places over Rayalaseema during the same period. The outlook for the next two days indicated there would be no large change, Met Office sources said. The report also said that South West Monsoon also been active over Telangana and added that under the influence of low pressure area, heavy rain would occur at isolated places in the districts of Adilabad, Nizamabad, Karimnagar, Khammam and Warangal during the next 24 hours. A report from Lucknow said the weather has turned pleasant following drizzle being experienced since the last 24 hours in Uttar Pradesh. The Met department said that heavy rainfall occurred at isolated places and rainfall of 12 centimeters was experienced in Ayodhya, Seven centimeters in Maharajganj, six centimeter in Allahabad, three centimeter each in Chandradeep Ghat and Agra. Meanwhile, several acres of farm land were flooded by the swelling Ghaghra, Rapti, Sharda and many other rivers at different places. Similar weather conditions are predicted in the next 24 hours by the Met department. Reports from Pune said heavy rain would occur at few places with very heavy rain at isolated places over Arunachal Pradesh, Assam and Meghalaya. Heavy to very heavy rain is also expected at isolated places over Sub-Himalayan West Bengal and Sikkim. Heavy rain at isolated places would occur over Jharkhand, Bihar, east Madhya Pradesh, Vidarbha and Chattisgarh during the next 24 hours. The southwest monsoon has been active over Arunachal Pradesh, Assam and Meghalaya, Vidarbha and Telangana. It has been subdued over Haryana, Jammu and Kashmir, Rajasthan, west Madhya Pradesh, Gujarat State. Rayalaseema and south interior Karanataka. Rain or thundershowers have occurred at most places in Arunachal Pradesh, Konkan and Goa and Lakshwadweep and at many places in Assam and Meghalaya, Gangetic West Bengal, Vidarbha, Chhattisgarh, Telanagana and Andaman and Nicobar islands. It also occurred at a few places in Nagaland, Manipur, Mizoram, Tripura, Sub-Himalayan West Bengal and Sikkim, Odisha, Jharakhand, east Madhya Pradesh, Madhya Maharashtra, Marathwada, coastal Andhra Pradesh and coastal Karnataka and at isolated places in Bihar, east Uttar Pradesh, west Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Haryana, Jammu and Kashmir, Rajasthan, west Madhya Pradesh, Gujarat region, Saurashtra and Kutch, Rayalaseema, Tamil Nadu, interior Karnataka and Kerala. Mainly dry weather has prevailed in Punjab and Himachal Pradesh, the report said.
Courtesy of netindia123.com
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