Announcements on paper mean nothing if the ground doesn’t see the change. Arunachal Pradesh’s Deputy CM made that crystal clear on Thursday. No More Delays on the Budget Front Deputy Chief Minister Chowna Mein didn’t mince words at a high-level review meeting on July 16. Chairing the meeting, Mein — who also holds the finance … Read more
Sitting on a Rs 36,607-crore budget and watching it collect dust was never going to be an option — and Chowna Mein made that crystal clear. The Man with Two Hats Means Business Arunachal Pradesh Deputy Chief Minister Chowna Mein, who also holds the finance portfolio, called departments to account on Wednesday in a pointed … Read more
The rains came. And when they left, they took everything with them. Leparada district in Arunachal Pradesh is picking through the wreckage of a disaster that began on June 28 when a fierce cloudburst ripped through the region, triggering flash floods that swallowed farmland, snapped roads, collapsed bridges, and left entire villages completely cut off … Read more
The highway didn’t just close — it disappeared under a wall of mud and debris. A massive landslide came crashing down on National Highway-13 at Pakro village in Arunachal Pradesh’s Pakke Kessang district on July 15, severing road connectivity between Sagalee and Seppa and throwing the entire Itanagar–Seppa travel corridor into chaos. Those who depend … Read more
The monsoon has hit where it hurts most — right at the edge of India’s frontier. An Army porter camp near Darmu Pass in Arunachal Pradesh’s Kurung Kumey district has been completely washed away by flash floods, sending alarm signals from one of the most sensitive stretches of the India-China border. The camp, located at … Read more
One lakh families. Let that number sink in for a moment. That is not a statistic — that is villages wiped out, harvests destroyed, and lives turned upside down. Arunachal Pradesh is in the grip of one of its worst flood crises in recent memory, and on Monday, Rajya Sabha MP Tai Tagak stood before … Read more
When floodwaters swept through the Hoj-Dakte villages of Papum Pare, homes were lost and families were left scrambling. Days later, one of Arunachal Pradesh’s most prominent community organisations made sure those families knew they weren’t alone. A Community Steps Forward The Nyishi Elite Society (NES) on Tuesday, July 14, donated Rs 5 lakh to support … Read more
It started as an ordinary Saturday afternoon. Three young schoolboys, hostel students in Deomali, had been given permission to step out for haircuts. Instead, they ended up at the Chatjo River. By sundown, one was already gone. By Monday, a second body had been pulled from the current. And somewhere downstream, 12-year-old Phosam Wangno is … Read more
A Saturday afternoon that began with a haircut errand turned into every parent’s worst nightmare. Two young boys are still missing somewhere in the swirling currents of Arunachal Pradesh’s Chatjo River, and the clock is not on anyone’s side. When a River Permission Became a Fatal Detour Three hostel students from a school in Deomali, … Read more
The Kumey River doesn’t ask for permission. It just rises — and right now, it has swallowed an entire border town whole. A Town Sinking Fast Parsi Parlo, a remote border town in Kurung Kumey district sitting right along the Indo-China boundary, is currently submerged. Days of relentless monsoon downpours have pushed the Kumey River … Read more
