PASIGHAT, Sep 5:  Spate in the Siang  washed away more than 3kms stretch of the Mebo-Dhola Road (MDR) on the intervening night of September 4-5, near Namsing,  snapping road communication to Namsing Circle headquarters  in East Siang  and Paglam Sub-Division in Lower Dibang Valley District.
The affected villages are Namsing ,Mer & Gadum I & Gadum II under Mebo-Subdivsion in East Siang.  Power supply has also been affected plunging the area into darkness as transformers,  numbers of high tension and low tension poles of the recently restored 11Kv line has also been submerged by the eroding Siang.
Local MLA Lombo Tayeng along with Deputy Commissioner Tayi Taggu, ADC Mebo, Aeinstein Koyu and others made spot inspection this morning. The MLA asked the DC to submit report on the damages caused to the higher authority for redressal  and relief .The MLA also directed EE Power for relocation of the  electrical poles.
Restoration work is likely to take sometime,however local people alongwith PWD are engaged in temporary restoration of the road communication. shifting of electrical poles will begin on Tuesday, stated a DIPRO report.

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Kenter Joya Riba

(Managing Editor)
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