ITANAGAR, A series of weather-related disasters, including storms, landslides, floods, forest fires and heavy rainfall incidents, affected more than 32,800 people across Arunachal Pradesh between January and May 13 this year, according to the government’s Emergency Operations Centre.
An official report issued by the state disaster management department said that at least seven people died and eight others were injured in various disaster incidents reported across the state during the period under review.
Among the dead were four due to landslides, two due to storms and one due to lightning.
The report said that 26 districts were affected by the natural disasters, with districts such as Angaw, Upper Subansiri, Namsai, Kra Dadi, East Kameng, Siang and Changlang seeing a significant impact in terms of the number of affected population and the occurrence of disasters.
According to the report, the state recorded 49 forest fire incidents, 31 storm-related incidents, 24 earthquakes, 24 landslides, nine flood incidents, and three heavy rainfall incidents during the period from January to May 13.
In all, 114 districts and 128 villages across the state were affected by various forms of natural disasters. The total number of affected residents is estimated at 32,856 people.
The report highlighted the extensive damage to homes and other buildings.
The agriculture and horticulture sectors also suffered losses, with 133.3 hectares of crop area affected, including 123.1 hectares under horticulture and 10.2 hectares under agriculture.
The SOC report also noted significant damage to infrastructure across the state, including the destruction of 14 roads, 16 power lines, 39 electrical poles, eight bridges and canals, and 31 water supply facilities.
Damage to government buildings, retaining walls, hydropower projects, hospitals and schools was also reported.
The report added that about 1,010 hectares of forest area were affected by forest fires between January and May 13.
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