Landslide renders 12 families homeless in Mangkolemba

At least 12 families have been rendered homeless on Thursday as their houses were either dismantled or residents asked to vacate to safety at Hokiyong ward, under Mangkolemba sub-division following flash flood and landslide triggered by incessant rain on Wednesday morning.
Talking to Nagaland Post additional deputy commissioner (ADC) Mokokchung Langkosen Tsanglao said the residents were asked to vacate as their houses were located in a sinking area from before and had been affected due to Wednesday’s flash flood.
The ADC feared that a few remaining houses of the area might be affected if there were further rains. He said the residents of those dismantled houses were now presently taking shelters in their relatives’ places.
Several properties including vehicles were also damaged on Wednesday.
ADC said that all rivers in and around the town overflowed due to incessant rain since early Wednesday morning, with a few rivers even changing their course.
He claimed that major road repairs were undertaken in emergency mode to restore traffic to the town, all of which had been completed.
He however mentioned that the shortcut road between Mangkolemba and Khar village would take few weeks, while the road between Mangkolemba and Mongchen and the Mangkolemba-Mariani road via Longtho was motorable now.