Mud, Fear and No Warning Signs: NH-13 to Indo-China Border Is Falling Apart This Monsoon

Mud, Fear and No Warning Signs: NH-13 to Indo-China Border Is Falling Apart This Monsoon

Every year the rains come. And every year, Arunachal’s NH-13 pays the price. The Pasighat–Pangin stretch of National Highway-13 in Arunachal Pradesh’s Siang district has been reduced to a battered dirt scar this monsoon season, with back-to-back landslides swallowing chunks of the road and leaving thousands of residents stranded, anxious, and angry. This isn’t a … Read more

NH-13 Goes Dark: Landslide Cuts Off Pakke Kessang, Stranding Hundreds on the Itanagar–Seppa Route

NH-13 Goes Dark: Landslide Cuts Off Pakke Kessang, Stranding Hundreds on the Itanagar–Seppa Route

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

No More Delays: Arunachal Minister Tells Officials to Get Rural Roads Done — Now

No More Delays: Arunachal Minister Tells Officials to Get Rural Roads Done — Now

Roads that don’t exist on the ground can’t exist only on paper. That seems to be the clear message Arunachal Pradesh Rural Works Minister Passang Dorjee Sona sent out on July 8, when he sat down with officials and made one thing absolutely clear — the waiting is over. A Review That Meant Business Minister … Read more