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Flood alert in Arunachal Pradesh
Why is it in news?
- Districts along the Siang river in Arunachal Pradesh have been put on high alert for possible flash floods .
- This development came after China informed India about a landslide blocking a river in Tibet leading to formation of an artificial lake.
SDRF teams deployed
- Six NDRF teams from Kolkata are scheduled to arrive Guwahati and will move to the districts as and when required.
- China first informed India about the landslide and creation of an artificial lake.
- Water is over-topping (breaching).
- It will reach Arunachal Pradesh and cross the high flood level.
- The reason cited behind the landslide was “natural causes”.
- The water will cross “high flood mark” and the situation is being monitored at the highest level, the official added.
Reasons for landslide
- The Yarlung Tsangpo river is known as the Siang after it enters India at Arunachal Pradesh from the Tibetan region and is called the Brahmaputra once it reaches Assam.
- The Hydrological Bureau of Tibet Autonomous Region has begun to share with the Indian side hydrological information every hour
- Such as the water level and flow rate at the Nuxia hydrological station and the temporary hydrological station downstream of the barrier lake.
- The Chinese side will closely monitor situation of the barrier lake, and continue to notify the Indian side the follow-up developments through bilaterally agreed channels timely.
Source
Indian express