Guwahati: The Centre has sent eight companies of National Disaster Rescue Force (NDRF) to Arunachal Pradesh followed by six others to Assam after intimation from the Chinese government that landslide has blocked the Milin section of the mainstream of Yarlung Zangbo or Brahmaputra river recently and that it might impact the lower reaches of the river.
The Arunachal Pradesh government as well as the Assam government has instructed and alerted all the districts located near Siang and Brahmaputra river which might be affected due to the water flow of the river in near future.
While the Arunachal Pradesh government has alerted the people living in the periphery of Siang river not to venture out in the river for the collection of firewood or for fishing.
Sonowal has also asked the disaster management authorities in Dhemaji, Dibrugarh, Lakhimpur and Tinsukia districts to remain alert for any probable flash flood-like situation and any kind of eventuality.
–IANS