Mud, Rain, and Tragedy: Two Bihar Workers Buried Alive in Arunachal Landslide

Mud, Rain, and Tragedy: Two Bihar Workers Buried Alive in Arunachal Landslide

They came from Bihar looking for work. They never made it back home. Two migrant labourers — Bipin Kumar, 33, and Rahul Kumar, 26 — were killed on Tuesday afternoon when a massive landslide crashed into a construction site in Arunachal Pradesh’s Lohit district. Four of their colleagues were buried under the debris and had … Read more

Arunachal Drowning: Over 94,000 People Hit as Rain, Floods and Landslides Show No Mercy

Arunachal Drowning: Over 94,000 People Hit as Rain, Floods and Landslides Show No Mercy

Sixteen landslides in a single district. Three lives wiped out in one flash flood. And the rain is still not done. That is what Arunachal Pradesh is waking up to this monsoon season — a slow, brutal disaster unfolding across the hills and valleys of one of India’s most rugged states. According to the State … Read more

Arunachal in Two Worlds: Floods Lashing the East While Itanagar Burns in a Heatwave

Arunachal in Two Worlds: Floods Lashing the East While Itanagar Burns in a Heatwave

One state. Two completely opposite weather nightmares — happening at the exact same time. Arunachal Pradesh is living a bizarre weather paradox right now. While the eastern districts are getting hammered by relentless monsoon rain and thunderstorms, the state capital Itanagar is sweating through a heatwave — something that rarely happens here in the middle … Read more