Storm fells trees, snaps power lines

Morung Express News Dimapur | May 16  

Monday afternoon’s storm in Dimapur created chaos for the Power department as trees felled by the heavy winds snapped powerlines disrupting supply to several localities. The most affected were localities being supplied by the Airport, Purana Bazaar and Naharbari feeders (lines). Purana Bazaar and Airport feeders were restored at around 9:00 pm while work was ongoing to restore the Naharbari feeder.   A number of low tension distribution lines and poles were also damaged in several locations with a department official informing that lines snapped at Lengrijan, main town area and in Signal Basti. In Signal Basti, near the IOC depot a twin pole was almost brought down after a tree snapped and fell on the lines. The tree fell and slanted midway across the road bringing down with it telephone as well as powerlines and creating a traffic jam under heavy downpour. There was no report of any casualty.   A brief press release from the Executive Engineer, Dimapur Electrical Division further informed that high tensions lines were also damaged. Stating that work was underway to restore supply early, the release requested the consumers to bear with the inconvenience.   CLICK HERE

Storm damages houses

  In Kohima, the storm damaged buildings with the Government Middle School at the Bye Pass side among the affected structures. Damages were also reported at Chiechama village and in other districts. The scale of damage could not be ascertained as attempts to reach the Nagaland State Disaster Management Authority through their  emergency number went unanswered.