Itanagar, June 7 -- In a rare display of courage and humanitarian service, a 17-member team comprising staff from Dibang Valley District Administration (DA) and local community members successfully returned to Athunli village on Friday after delivering relief materials and essential medicines to a family stranded in Mawali village.
The family had been left high and dry since June 1, when the hanging bridge connecting the village was washed away due to heavy rains, official sources said on Saturday.
Initial attempts to supply relief materials via drones proved unsuccessful, as two drones-one from the District Disaster Management Authority (DDMA) and another from the Indian Army-crashed after delivering a few kilos of rice and packaged food...