A Road to Nowhere: Arunachal Students Give Government 15 Days to Fix Strategic Border Highway or Face Protests

A Road to Nowhere: Arunachal Students Give Government 15 Days to Fix Strategic Border Highway or Face Protests

The potholes are getting deeper, the patience is running out — and now, student bodies in Arunachal Pradesh have had enough. “Not a Single Promise Kept Since Independence” Two prominent student organisations — the Basar Area Students Union (BASU) and Jigo Yegi Student Union — came together under a Joint Action Committee (JAC) on August … Read more

When the Government Stalled, the Youth Showed Up — Siji River Bridge Restored by Community Hands

When a bridge collapses in a remote foothill village, you don’t wait for a contractor. You pick up the tools yourself. That is exactly what happened in Likabali, Arunachal Pradesh’s Lower Siang district, on Monday, August 3. A partially collapsed iron bridge over the Siji River near KN Resort — the only road link connecting … 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 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

Sacred Bells Stolen, Swiftly Recovered: How Arunachal Police Brought a Heritage Thief to Justice

Sacred Bells Stolen, Swiftly Recovered: How Arunachal Police Brought a Heritage Thief to Justice

Someone broke into one of Arunachal Pradesh’s most ancient temple sites under cover of night — and thought they’d gotten away with it. They hadn’t. A Night That Shook a Sacred Site The Malinithan Temple, tucked away near Likabali in Lower Siang district, has stood for nearly a thousand years. Pilgrims travel from across the … 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

When Roads Disappear, the Sky Becomes the Only Road — Arunachal Airlifts Hope to Flood-Stranded Villages

Twelve villages. No bridges. No road. And a helicopter carrying the last line of hope. That’s the ground reality in Lower Siang district of Arunachal Pradesh right now, where flash floods and massive landslides triggered by heavy rainfall have cut off remote communities from the rest of the state. The Arunachal Pradesh government didn’t wait … Read more

Villages Swallowed by Water: Nari-Koyu’s Worst Flood Crisis in Years Leaves Communities Stranded

Villages Swallowed by Water: Nari-Koyu's Worst Flood Crisis in Years Leaves Communities Stranded

The skies opened on June 28 — and by the time they closed, entire communities in Arunachal Pradesh’s Nari-Koyu region had been swallowed by floodwaters, mud, and silence. Heavy rains triggered massive floods, cloudbursts, and relentless landslides across the 36-Nari-Koyu Assembly Constituency, leaving a trail of destruction that officials say is still being fully counted. … Read more