HAFLONG, July 28 ? Incessant rain followed by heavy landslides and erosion throughout the entire district of NC Hills has created havoc. Till the filing of this report, 44 villages were directly affected due to erosion and landslides,five villages were evacuated due to flood and three relief camps were opened at Diyungmukh area. A total of 793 houses were damaged leaving more than 7120 people homeless. A total of 300 cattle died and other properties worth more than four crore of rupees were lost. Crops areas measuring 205.20 hectare were damaged.
Major roads like the Dehangi-Diyungmukh, Shillong-Silchar road connecting Mahur, Haflong-Lumding are still blocked. However, from the Haflong-Dehangi-Umrangso road was opened for light vehicle and the Shillong-Silchar road connecting Mahur was also opened for light vehicle only. only. More than five bridges were also damaged. The Chief Executive Member of NC Hills Autonomous Council, Purnendu Langthasa, Deputy Commissioner of NC Hills, Anil Kumar Baruah and other Executive members of NC Hills Autonomous Council are personally visiting the affected areas and supervising the work.