Mizoram schools remain closed for third day due to heavy rain

Aizawl: Schools in Mizoram capital Aizawl and Assam border Kolasib district continued to remain closed for the third consecutive day on Thursday due to rain.

Schools have been closed in Aizawl and Kolasib districts since Tuesday as the northeastern state experienced torrential rainfall since Monday triggering landslides in several places.

Public notices issued by the district administrations said that schools will remain closed on Thursday for the safety and well-being of students.

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Aizawl district administration in its notice said that inundation witnessed due to heavy rainfall in the past several hours has resulted in mudflow, landslides, rock falls and other vagaries of nature in various crucial roads and locations within the district.

"The competent authority deemed appropriate to suspend attendance of school-going students for their safety and well-being," the notice said.

The decision has been made after intense deliberations and inputs from various sources and data received from the Indian Metrological Department (IDM) and other sources, the notice also said.

The IDM had on Monday issued an orange alert for some northeastern states, including Mizoram, citing the region might experience heavy to very heavy rainfall for the next few days.

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State capital Aizawl experienced moderate rainfall on Thursday.

Meanwhile, at least 10 families, near the Chief Minister bungalow in Aizawl's Zarkawt area have been evacuated to safer places due to a landslip triggered by heavy rain, officials said.

Landslides have also occurred in several places blocking inter-village roads, which are being cleared, they said.

No casualty has been reported so far, officials added.