Dimapur, June 18 -- Heavy rainfall on Tuesday night triggered landslides and mud floods in and around Bhandari town in Wokha district of Nagaland.

The Bhandari sub-divisional administration said on Wednesday that torrential rain and landslides partly damaged some private buildings and properties.

Bhandari SDPO Philip Yantha said one Bolero pick-up skidded off the road while trying to navigate a landslide area and fell about 100 feet below the road at Tsumang ward towards Merapani from Bhandari on Wednesday morning.

The owner of the vehicle, his driver and one woman passenger sustained injuries in the incident. They were shifted to Golaghat civil hospital in Assam for treatment.

The Merapani Village Council said the heavy rainfall caus...