Archive · 7 Jun 2025
Villages Isolated by Flooding: Road and River Cause Cut-Offs
Two villages are facing serious problems due to flooding during the monsoon season.
In Tinsukia, a village is cut off because its only road washed away, leading to no electricity, no access to school or healthcare, and trouble with wild elephants.
In Hazaribag, another village becomes isolated for three months annually because a river floods, preventing access to the outside world and causing school closures.
Both villages highlight the need for infrastructure like roads and bridges to maintain essential services and daily life during extreme weather.
Katha Kakhoroni village in Tinsukia is cut off due to road erosion.
62 families are stranded in the Tinsukia village.
Pachanda village in Hazaribag faces annual monsoon 'lockdown'.
600 residents are preparing for a three-month isolation period.
Both villages highlight infrastructure vulnerability during monsoons.
- Who
- Residents of Katha Kakhoroni and Pachanda villages.
- What
- Villages are cut off due to washed-away roads and flooding rivers, causing lack of access to essential services.
- When
- During monsoon season
- Where
- Katha Kakhoroni (Tinsukia district, Assam) and Pachanda (Hazaribag district, Jharkhand)
- Why
- Flooding during monsoon season damaged/washed away infrastructure leading to isolation.
Hazaribag Village
Tinsukia Village
Infrastructure Needs
Hazaribag Village
Villagers demand for a bridge construction
Tinsukia Village
Villagers need immediate road reconstruction.
- Affected Villages
- Katha Kakhoroni (Tinsukia), Pachanda (Hazaribag)
- Problem
- Roads and bridge washed away/flooding
- Consequences
- Isolation, lack of access to essential services
- Duration
- Months
- Hazaribag Residents
- 600
