The Siang River has been relentlessly eroding its banks, causing significant damage to electrical infrastructures.

A raging Siang River has plunged East Siang and Lower Dibang Valley districts into darkness for over 72 hours now as the strong currents of the flooded river swept away large chunks of land along with electric poles and power lines leaving a trail of destruction and devastation.

Several villages across East Siang district like Seram, Kongkul, Namsing, Gadum-I, Gadum-II and Mer villages and Banggo, Paglam village including entire Paglam circle under Lower Dibang valley district have been worst affected because of the power outage. The situation reached a critical point when one kilometer of 11kv power line were completely washed away on Sunday.

According to power department

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