The Siang Is Swallowing Mebo — And Farmers Are Running Out of Time

The river doesn’t wait. And for the farming families of Mebo subdivision, that brutal truth has never felt more real. Severe erosion by the Siang river at the Borguli portion in East Siang district has taken an alarming turn, devouring several acres of wetland cultivation and leaving local farmers staring at the ruins of a … Read more

The Siang Is Eating Their Fields — And No One Is Stopping It

The paddy is still standing. But for how long, nobody knows. In Borguli village under Mebo Sub-Division of East Siang district, farmers are watching the Siang River swallow their land — season after season, year after year. What began as riverbank erosion has now crept deep enough to threaten the Wet Rice Cultivation (WRC) fields … Read more

He Kept the Lights On for 38 Years. A Faulty Pole in the Dark Took His Life.

There is something quietly devastating about the way Baramdeo Pandit died — alone, high up on an electricity pole, in the middle of a Sunday night, trying to restore power to villages that probably didn’t even know he was out there. The 57-year-old electrician, posted at the Mebo Power Sub-Station in Arunachal Pradesh’s East Siang … Read more

The Siang Is Swallowing Their Fields — And Borguli’s Farmers Are Running Out of Time

The river doesn’t ask permission. It just takes. That’s the hard truth residents of Borguli village in Arunachal Pradesh’s East Siang district are living with every monsoon season. The Siang River — mighty, relentless, and increasingly unpredictable — has been gnawing away at farmland across several villages under Mebo Sub-Division, and locals say the situation … Read more

The Siang Is Eating Their Fields — And Nobody’s Stopped It Yet

Every monsoon, the Siang River takes a little more. This year, it took a lot. A Threat That Comes Every Year Without Fail Officials from the district administration and the Water Resources Department arrived at Borguli village in Arunachal Pradesh’s Mebo Sub-Division on August 3 to see the damage for themselves. What they found wasn’t … Read more

Mebo’s Pineapples Hit the Road: Arunachal Sends First Fruits to Sikkim in a Deal That Could Change Farmers’ Lives

Mebo's Pineapples Hit the Road: Arunachal Sends First Fruits to Sikkim in a Deal That Could Change Farmers' Lives

A loaded truck rolled out of Mebo on Wednesday, carrying something more than just pineapples and lemons — it carried the hopes of an entire farming community. On July 22, Arunachal Pradesh flagged off its first agricultural consignment from Mebo subdivision in East Siang district to Sikkim, turning a memorandum of understanding signed just weeks … Read more

Villages Pick Up Shovels — Mebo’s Green Mission Shows How Real Change Happens From the Ground Up

Villages Pick Up Shovels — Mebo's Green Mission Shows How Real Change Happens From the Ground Up

When politicians and locals show up together with saplings in hand, you know something different is going on. On Sunday, July 5, Mebo MLA Oken Tayeng didn’t just give a speech about the environment — he led one of the most visible plantation drives East Siang district has seen this season, heading deep into Ayeng … Read more