Remal cyclone sevierly havocked northern east of India. Due to landslides and incessant rain in the aftermath of cyclone ‘Remal’, At least 25 people, including 14 in a stone quarry collapse, were killed in Mizoram on Tuesday. State disaster management authority stated it.
Several other people went missing in landslides, mostly in the state capital region, which was cut off from the rest of the country for several hours during the day and bore the brunt of the natural calamities.
In a massive landslide, at least 14 people, including two minors, were killed and around eight others were missing as a stone quarry collapsed in Aizawl district, the Mizoram State Disaster Management Authority (MSDMA) said.
The Mizoram government ordered the closure of all offices and PSU units on Wednesday in view of the weather warning issued by the IMD, except those departments involved with disaster management and essential services.
Chief Minister Lalduhoma convened an emergency meeting with Home Minister K Sapdanga, Chief Secretary Renu Sharma and other senior officials to take stock of the situation, a senior official said.
The CM announced Rs 4 lakh ex gratia for the families of those killed in the stone quarry collapse and calamities caused by rain. Sapdanga handed over cheques of Rs 2 lakh each to the families of the eight Mizo people who died in the quarry collapse and said the remaining amount would be given to them soon.