When the Mountains Call, the IAF Answers: Arunachal Governor Salutes the Force That Reaches Where Roads Don’t

The blue skies above Arunachal Pradesh carry more than aircraft — they carry lifelines. And the state’s Governor made sure that didn’t go unacknowledged. Arunachal Pradesh Governor Lt Gen KT Parnaik (Retd.) on Tuesday sat down with Air Marshal Inderpal Singh Walia, the Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief of the Indian Air Force’s Eastern Air Command, and … Read more

When the River Raged, These People Showed Up — Flood Relief Reaches Koyu Villages in Lower Siang

The clouds broke. The river swelled. And hundreds of families in Koyu circle were left scrambling for dry ground and the basics of survival. Relief Rolls Into Koyu Circle On Saturday, August 22, help finally arrived at Koyu village in Lower Siang district — and it came not from government coffers alone, but from organisations … Read more

When Floods Hit, Faith Showed Up: ABU Brings Hope to Over 140 Families Across Siang

When the waters rose and the roads turned to rivers, the Adi Baptist Union didn’t wait for someone else to act. While floods continue to batter parts of Arunachal Pradesh, the Adi Baptist Union (ABU) — a religious organisation based in Pasighat, East Siang district — stepped in and delivered relief to more than 140 … Read more

When the Northeast Floods, Who Listens? MPs Take the Crisis Straight to Modi’s Door

When the Northeast Floods, Who Listens? MPs Take the Crisis Straight to Modi's Door

The rivers have taken too much. And this time, the elected representatives of Arunachal Pradesh and Nagaland weren’t going to wait for paperwork to travel slowly through bureaucratic corridors. On July 30, Union Minister Kiren Rijiju, Arunachal Pradesh MP Tapir Gao, and several other parliamentarians from the two northeastern states walked into Parliament and sat … Read more

When the Floods Came, She Showed Up: Minister Dasanglu Pul Steps Up for Keyi Panyor’s Families

When the Floods Came, She Showed Up: Minister Dasanglu Pul Steps Up for Keyi Panyor's Families

When disaster strips people of everything, what they need most isn’t sympathy — they need someone to actually do something. Arunachal Pradesh Minister Dasanglu Pul did exactly that. A Gesture That Goes Beyond Politics In the middle of an ongoing flood crisis ravaging parts of Arunachal Pradesh, Women & Child Development, Cultural Affairs, and Science … Read more

When Roads Fail, Helicopters Don’t: Arunachal Airlifts Life to Stranded Villages in Upper Subansiri

When Roads Fail, Helicopters Don't: Arunachal Airlifts Life to Stranded Villages in Upper Subansiri

When the monsoon swallowed the roads whole, the sky became the only way in. The Arunachal Pradesh administration took to the air on Wednesday, July 22, airlifting essential relief materials to flood-battered villages in Upper Subansiri district after relentless monsoon rains tore through roads and bridges, leaving remote communities completely cut off from the outside … Read more

Northeast Under Siege: Fresh Floods Swamp Arunachal, Assam Death Toll Climbs to 11, Trains Grind to a Halt

Northeast Under Siege: Fresh Floods Swamp Arunachal, Assam Death Toll Climbs to 11, Trains Grind to a Halt

The rivers don’t send warnings. They just rise — and right now, they’re rising faster than help can reach. ‘The Hills Are Sinking’ — Arunachal Battered Again Five districts of Arunachal Pradesh woke up to fresh flooding in the last 24 hours, barely recovering from the previous wave of destruction. According to the State Emergency … Read more

When the Waters Rise, One Man Stepped Up: Ha Tatu’s Rs 1 Lakh Gesture for Flood-Hit Nari Koyu

When the Waters Rise, One Man Stepped Up: Ha Tatu's Rs 1 Lakh Gesture for Flood-Hit Nari Koyu

While many watched from a distance, Arunachal entrepreneur Ha Tatu opened his wallet — and his heart — for the flood-ravaged families of Nari Koyu. A Region Under Water The monsoon has been brutal this year in Lower Siang district. Floods and landslides tore through Upper Ramle Banggo, leaving homes damaged, roads broken, and livelihoods … Read more

When the Roads Wash Away, MLA Pani Taram Flies In to See the Damage Himself

When the Roads Wash Away, MLA Pani Taram Flies In to See the Damage Himself

The floodwaters didn’t spare a single road. They didn’t spare the bridges either. And when the rains finally eased enough for anyone to move, Koloriang MLA Pani Taram didn’t wait for a report on his desk — he went up in a helicopter and then came right back down to the ground. A Disaster Hidden … Read more

Arunachal Is Drowning — Over 1 Lakh Families Hit, 85,000 Hectares of Crops Gone, and Delhi Needs to Wake Up

Arunachal Is Drowning — Over 1 Lakh Families Hit, 85,000 Hectares of Crops Gone, and Delhi Needs to Wake Up

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