483 houses damaged in 29 villages under 7 districts of Meghalaya, following heavy rainfall

Syllad | The Rising MeghalayaMay 6, 2024

Minister of Revenue and Disaster Management Kyrmen Shylla on Monday informed that a total of 483 houses were damaged in 29 villages under seven districts during the incidents of heavy rainfall, cyclonic storm and hailstorm occurred on Sunday thereby affecting over 949 people.

Of these, 14 villages are in Eastern West Khasi Hills, 6 South West Khasi Hills, 3 West Jaintia Hills, 2 East Jaintia Hills, 3 East Khasi Hills, 1 West Khasi Hills. A total 282 houses were damaged by hailstorm in Baghmara and 10 in Chokpot in South Garo Hills, he said.

The minister also informed that two school buildings were also damaged at Nongpriang and at Sohbsein village in Eastern West Khasi Hills District and a church roof top was damaged in Wapung in East Jaintia Hills.

Shylla also informed that a total of 10 villages in two C&RD blocks – Mairang and Mawthadraishan – were also affected due to rain related incidents today (May 6) affecting over 400 people.

These include Nongkhlaw, Mawiongkhri, Nongthyllep, Mawnai, Umshyiap, Phudbah, Demdngiem, Myriaw, Permadan and Mawkhan

The minister informed that immediate relief is being provided to affected families by the respective deputy commissioners.

“Actually, funds parked with the deputy commissioners was Rs 20 lakh but we have increased the amount now. The DC can utilize this fund for providing immediate relief to affected families,” he said.

According to him, all districts are being kept on high alert. “All districts have been instructed to take necessary action on relief distribution and assistance to the affected people,” he added.

He also said on receiving warnings from India Meteorological Department (IMD), SDMA/SEOC issued warnings/alerts through Common Alerting Protocol (CAP) based Integrated Alert System of the Government of India. CAP is a system to disseminate warnings/alerts to the general public of the concerned Districts via SMS through Telecom Service Providers (TSPs) i.e. BSNL, JIO, Airtel & Vodafone and Mobile App (Sachet App). In CAP, all the Alert Generating Agencies (AGAs) like India Meteorological Department (IMD), Central Water Commission (CWC), Forest Survey of India (FSI); Alert Authorizing Agencies (AAAs) and Alert Disseminating Agencies (ADAs) like the Telecom Service Providers (TSPs) are integrated and issued warnings/alerts accordingly.