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Landslides after heavy pre-monsoon rain in Mizoram [1]

A large number of villages in Mizoram have become inaccessible after landslides, triggered by heavy and incessant pre-monsoon rains that have been lashing the state since Saturday, have blocked the roads, official sources said on Wednesday.

The landslides blocked the Champai road in Saiha district which connects the capital town with the Mizoram-Myanmar border.

Publication Date: 
08/05/2013
Hindu (New Delhi) [2]
Tags:
Mizoram [3], Saiha (D) [4], Kolasib (D) [5], Rainfall [6], Landslides [7], Natural Disasters [8]
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