Kohima: Union Minister for Health & Family Welfare and Minister of Chemicals & Fertilizers Jagat Prakash Nadda on Wednesday visited Mon district and interacted with families affected by the recent landslides and flash floods at the Konyak Union Office.
Expressing solidarity with the affected families, Nadda said the incident was “very disheartening and painful” and assured them that they were not alone during the difficult period. He said many people and the government stood with the people of Mon and that he had witnessed the extent of the devastation and was aware of the hardships they were facing following the calamity.
The Union Minister assured that the Government of India would leave no stone unturned in supporting relief and restoration efforts and informed the gathering that a central team would visit to assist the relief operations. He also conveyed Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s message of condolence and solidarity to the families of the victims.
Nadda acknowledged the relief initiatives undertaken by the district administration led by Deputy Commissioner Wennyei Konyak, along with the Konyak Union, Konyak Students’ Union and Konyak Nyupuh Sheko Khong at the emergency relief camps. He also appreciated the efforts of the Deputy Commissioner, Superintendent of Police, SDRF personnel, civil society organisations and volunteers involved in the rescue operations.
Deputy Commissioner Wennyei Konyak, in his welcome address, briefed the Union Minister on the disaster situation in Mon district. He said incessant heavy rainfall had triggered floods and landslides at several locations, causing extensive damage to roads, bridges and public infrastructure. Several villages had experienced temporary disruption of road connectivity.
He said heavy rainfall had triggered multiple landslides across the district, with Defence Colony and adjoining areas among the worst affected. Residential houses had sustained damage, several families had been displaced, road connectivity at multiple stretches had been disrupted, and power and water supply had been temporarily affected in certain locations.
The Deputy Commissioner added that relief camps and temporary shelters had been established where required, while food grains, drinking water, medicines and other essential commodities were being distributed to affected families.
Assistant Manager (Response & Communication), NSDMA, and Nodal Officer (Disaster Management), DDMA Mon, Rendemo Shitio, gave a PowerPoint presentation on the monsoon damage in July 2026 and the post-disaster interim assessment of Mon district and Nagaland.
He said incessant monsoon rainfall on July 19 and 20 had triggered catastrophic landslides and flash floods across Mon district, resulting in loss of life, widespread destruction of homes, severe agricultural losses and total blockage of critical connectivity arterial routes.
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According to the presentation, Mon headquarters had recorded 83.95 mm of rainfall on July 19, while cumulative rainfall from July 19 to 31 stood at 341 mm, based on data from the Automatic Weather Station (AWS). Video footage of the destruction and affected areas was also screened by the Konyak Union media team.
Konyak Union president Yamao Konyak expressed gratitude to the Union Minister and his team for visiting the district, saying that their visit conveyed the message that Mon was not alone in its darkest hour.
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