Our Correspondent
Imphal, Oct. 6 (EMN): Around 10 houses including 3 concrete building out of 30-40 affected houses were badly damaged while one of the concrete buildings was completely destroyed due to earth fissure presumably triggered by a gradual landslide at Maram Centre in Manipur’s most disaster prone Senapati District, reports said.
The earth fissure like situation occurred in the Southern part of Maram Centre above Don Bosco College and Assisi Girls Hostel area along the National Highway 2 which passes through the area following the recent rain. Maram Centre has around 160 households approximately is located about 80 km north of Imphal.
Away from Senapati DHQs where a gradual landslide was reported owing to the heavy incessant downpour since September 25.Apart from damaging the houses many properties were torn apart and the crack developed inside the many residential houses which rendered five households to evacuate to safer place.
Expressing concern over the development, a villager said that the situation will be tragic if rain comes again because even without rain massive landslide can be witnessed.The Maram centre incident occurred after the tragic Kalikhola Earth Crack in Kangpokpi district in the recent times forcing the entire village to shift to a safer place with the help of the district administration
