Mudslide alarm at Heibok hills
Source: The Sangai Express
Imphal, July 22 2011:
Following heavy mudslide on the western side of Heibok hills, people of Hiyangthang Tarahei Konjil are caught in a panicky situation.
Apprehension hangs heavy among the people that their homesteads might be buried by the falling mud and earth.
Following heavy downpour in the last 4/5 days, mud and earth started sliding down the hill side from a spot 40 feet above the ground, said the villagers.
Because of the heavy mudslide which occurred near a rice mill, one inter-village road located beneath the hill was closed for some period.
Even as the rice mill belonging to one Md Rabi (63) was saved from the devastating effect of the mudslide by putting wooden fence around it, one hand-pump, a tube-well and a cow shed have been buried by the mudslide.
The IVR was re-opened after the villagers cleared the mound of mud and earth.
The villagers said that a similar mudslide occurred in the other side of Heibok hills last monsoon season too.
In case the downpour continues, the mudslide would occur again with increased intensity and this time it may bury the entire village, they said.