Arunachal flood situation grim

ITANAGAR, JUNE 24. The overall flood situation in Arunachal Pradesh deteriorated further today with the river Lohit inundating fresh areas in Itanagar district.

Official sources from Tezu, the headquarters of Lohit district, said that all the rivers, including Lohit and Noa- dihing, were rising rapidly following incessant rains in the catchment areas for the past one week. Tezu was cut off by road for the third day today.

The Chief Minister, Mr. Mukut Mithi, visited some of the flood- affected areas of Lohit district today and reviewed the latest situation with the Relief and Rehabilitation Minister, Mr. Tingpong Wangham.

He was accompanied by the Minister of State for Education, Mr. Roding Pertin, among others.

Mr. Mithi directed the Ministers to carry out relief and rehabilitation work on a war footing. Four villages had been submerged in the waters of Noa-dihing in Mahadevpur area today, affecting thousands of people, official sources said and added that no casualties had been reported from anywhere so far.

- UNI

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