Four vehicles were drowned in a landslide in Tippi, Arunachal Pradesh.
Tezpur : A landslide in the Tippi waterfall area of West Kameng district of Arunachal Pradesh damaged several vehicles on Saturday evening official sources said .
The landslide occurred near the waterfall of Bhalokpong Tipi in West Kameng district due to heavy rains last two days are main cause of landslides.
Passengers using the Balipara-Chardwar-Tawang (BCT) road are advised to take the Orang-Kalkatang-Shergaon-Rupa-Tawang (OKSRT) road due to continuous landslides.
The diversion took effect Saturday afternoon. This means that the administration is urging passengers not to use this road
Sources said the landslide is likely to occur near the Tippi Falls as the distance is only "to cut the ground for the under you g construction of Nechiphu Tunnel, which is about a kilometer away.
Meanwhile, a Maruti Suzuki, Alto car, an Bolero pickup van, and an empty oil tanker were washed away 10 km from the landslide area in Tippi on Saturday evening, West Kameng Superintendent of Police said.
“There were no casualties, and the drivers, handyman and all passengers of the three vehicles escaped unhurt,” the police said.
