GUWAHATI, June 28: Arunachal Pradesh is reeling under a second cloudburst in less than a week, with torrential monsoon rains triggering flash floods, landslides and widespread infrastructure damage in the districts of East Siang and Leparada.
The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has issued a red alert for several districts of the state, warning of extremely heavy rainfall exceeding 200 mm by Monday and advising residents to avoid non-essential travel.
East Siang district has emerged as the worst-hit, with nine major roads either blocked or washed away, severely disrupting connectivity across the region.
According to the district administration, only two of the 11 critical routes under monitoring—the Terong-Korong-Mebo Road and the JNC Lower Campus to Upper Campus Road—have been reopened after emergency clearance operations.
Several key arterial roads, including the Pasighat-Pangin, Mariyang-Yingkiong and Mebo-Dambuk-Bomjir routes, remain completely cut off due to massive landslides and mudslides.
Local connectivity has also been badly affected, with road blockages reported near Balek Secondary School, the Ranaghat Bridge, the Poglek River crossing on the Pasighat-Yagrung Road and the Bilat-Ledum Road.
The worst damage has been reported on the Pasighat-Runne-Takilalug Road, where floodwaters washed away a portion of the Letong Bridge, snapping access to several areas. Authorities have also declared the Pasighat-Yagrung-Ledum-Tene (PLT) Road closed until further notice.
Continuous rainfall has hampered restoration efforts despite the deployment of heavy machinery and emergency response teams.
The Pasighat Highway Division has separately issued a travel advisory, warning of severe blockages between Rengging and Yembung on National Highway-13 due to ongoing rockfalls and land subsidence.
Authorities have urged people to avoid unnecessary travel, commute only during daylight hours and refrain from parking vehicles in landslide-prone areas.
District administrations in the affected areas have also advised residents to stay away from vulnerable slopes and swollen rivers as the monsoon system remains active over the state.
The latest cloudburst comes barely days after the first spell of extreme weather wreaked havoc in parts of Arunachal, raising concerns over the increasing frequency of extreme rainfall events in the Himalayan state during this year’s monsoon season.
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