A cloudburst on Sunday morning triggered several landslides and a flood-like situation 🍬in Itanagar, officials said.
Thoug༒h Arunachal Pradesh has been witnessing heavy rains over the last few weeks, the situation improved in the past two days. Also, 🦂there was no forecast for rain on Sunday, they said.
Following the cloudburst, which happened around 10.30 am, landslides were reported from various partsꦍ of Itanagar and its adjoining areas, while a flood-like situation was witnessed🃏 in several stretches of the NH-415, an official of the Disaster Management Department said.
Manyജ vehicles were stranded on the highway, the lifeline for the people of the state capital, he said.
The distr🍸ict administration asked people not to venture into rivers and landslide-prone areas. People were advised to move to safer places in view of the heavy rains, officials said.
The district administration has set up seven designated places as relief camps, t𓆏hey said.
