DIMAPUR, SEPTEMBER 4 (MExN): A 5-member Inter Ministerial Central Team arrived Dimapur on September 4 to assess the disaster areas in Nagaland.
The team comprised of Joint Secretary (FFR) MHA, K.B.Singh ( team leader), Director in-charge Dept of Agriculture and Cooperation, Kolkota, Dr. K. Manohoran, Consultant FCD, Department of Expenditure New Delhi, R.B.Kaul, Anirban Acharya from the Ministry of Road and Transport and Highway Guwahati and Ms. Chahat Singh from the department of Rural Development, New Delhi.
A DIPR report informed that the team visited Niuland sub-division and interacted with the affected farmers of Niuland and bordering villages during which the farmers narrated the extent of crop damaged, landslides and blockages of roads caused due to incessant downpour during the last part of July and first week August this year.
The team also visited Yeveto Village to take stock of the ground reality of the damages caused to plantation and crops due to the change of river course. On the way to Niuland, the team stopped by at the Balijan bridge connecting Niuland and Dimapur which has been completely washed away.
Later in the evening, while briefing the IMCT members at Niathu resort, Deputy Commissioner Dimapur, Sushil Kumar Patel apprised the extent of damages under Dimapur district with pictorial presentation highlighted on the infrastructural damages, deaths, number of pucca and kutcha houses damaged, overview of difference in water level, landslides and sinking areas, rescue operations undertaken, relief given, relief shelter/ camps etc.
Tomorrow the team will proceed to Ralan and Bhandari areas under Wokha district to see the major damages after which they will proceed to Wokha and have a short meeting. Later the team would continue towards Kohima and assess the major landslides in and around Kohima district.
