IMPHAL, August 9: The Tamenglong Village Chiefs`™ Association has fervently appealed to the concerned State authority to look into the plight of the people of the district due to incessant rain showered for the last 10 to 15 days.
In a statement, the association claimed that heavy rainfall in the district has caused havoc such as landslides and floods which resulted in the loss of various standing crops and vegetables amounting to 15 to 20 crores of rupee.
The trend has been reported from Tousem, Tamei, Tamenglong, Nungba and Khoupum Sub-Divisions. Of these, Khoupum Sub-Division, being low lying area, is worst affected area. Nearly, 1050 hectares of arable paddy fields have been submerged in water resulting in the destruction of standing crops, it said.
Over and above the over-flowed water from the Khoupum Dam Canal further aggravated to suffer the people as all the irrigated area has been submerged by the downpour of water from Khoupum Dam Canal.
In the light of the grim situation, the association in the statement implored the concerned authority to take up appropriate measures so as to mitigate the sufferings of the people of the Tamenglong district in general and the Khoupum Sub-Division in particular at the earliest.