Arunachal Bets Big on Rs 7,834 Crore to Rebuild After the Floods That Exposed Its Weakest Links

Arunachal Bets Big on Rs 7,834 Crore to Rebuild After the Floods That Exposed Its Weakest Links

When the rains came this monsoon, they didn’t just bring floods — they brought a harsh reality check. And now, Arunachal Pradesh is responding with a plan that’s hard to ignore. A Promise Made on Independence Day Chief Minister Pema Khandu chose August 15 — Independence Day — to announce one of the most ambitious … Read more

Delhi Sends a Signal: JP Nadda Walks Into Flood-Ravaged Keyi Panyor, Promises Centre Won’t Look Away

When the floodwaters hit Keyi Panyor, they didn’t just wash away homes — they swallowed livelihoods, memories, and in some cases, lives. On August 6, one of India’s most powerful political figures showed up to see the damage for himself. A High-Level Visit That Mattered Union Health Minister and BJP National President J.P. Nadda landed … Read more

Boulders Don’t Wait — An Assam Worker Lost His Life at Arunachal’s Parsi Parlo Hydropower Site

A man left home for work. He never came back. That is the devastating reality facing the family of Nobin Doley, a labourer from Dhemaji district in Assam, who was killed Tuesday afternoon when a sudden landslide tore through a hydroelectric project site deep inside Arunachal Pradesh’s Kurung Kumey district. A Routine Afternoon Turned Fatal … Read more

Monsoon’s Fury Returns: Four Arunachal Districts Battered Again, 27-Year-Old Still Missing

Monsoon's Fury Returns: Four Arunachal Districts Battered Again, 27-Year-Old Still Missing

The rains didn’t stop. And neither did the damage. Fresh floods and landslides struck four districts of Arunachal Pradesh on Monday, piling misery onto a state already struggling to breathe under one of its worst monsoon seasons in recent memory. As muddy waters rose again across East Siang, Kamle, Kra Daadi, and Changlang, rescue teams … Read more

Floods Swallowed Their Fields, Their Roads, and Their Future — Leparada Cries Out for Help

Floods Swallowed Their Fields, Their Roads, and Their Future — Leparada Cries Out for Help

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

Parsi Parlo Goes Under: Kumey River Swallows Arunachal’s China-Border Town, Only Road to District HQ Snapped

Parsi Parlo Goes Under: Kumey River Swallows Arunachal's China-Border Town, Only Road to District HQ Snapped

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

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