Doctors suspect the number of infections, and even possible deaths, may be higher in the Nangalbibra zone but detection is difficult because of the migrant population.
The road is an important throughfare for the local community, but its current awful condition, due to neglect and abandoned work, has inflicted severe hardships on both school children and area residents who rely on it daily to fulfill their basic needs.
ANTF South Garo Hills, Baghmara, conducted a joint operation with 43 BN BSF and seized 1.985 kg of suspected marijuana (ganja) concealed under one white and blue-coloured plastic bag.
Dozens of students from the government higher secondary schools located at Gasuapara, Sibbari and Rugapara villages of South Garo Hills have to rush for time and experience a back breaking journey as they travel from their region to Dalu over a road that has been riddled with gigantic potholes and stripped of its tarmac over years of neglect.
The dead body was identified as Lendrithbirth Ch Marak, a 39-year-old resident of Nengkong village near Siju, approximately 20 kilometres away from the district headquarters of South Garo Hills.
In yet another heart-wrenching incident, a drowning case has been reported in Garo Hills. The unfortunate incident occurred on Thursday morning when Walchang K Sangma, a 34-year-old resident of Rambilgitim Village in Mahadeo, South Garo Hills tragically lost his life while attempting to cross the Mahadeo River on a bamboo raft.
