Itanagar, March 6 -- Arunachal Pradesh Deputy Chief Minister Chowna Mein on Friday said prolonged monsoon and fragile hill ecology pose major challenges in maintaining roads across the state.
Responding to a supplementary question raised by Borduria-Bogapani MLA Wanglin Lowangdong during Question Hour in the Assembly, Mein said Arunachal Pradesh experiences very high precipitation with monsoon conditions lasting six to seven months every year.
"Newly constructed hill roads are naturally susceptible to soil erosion, slope instability and localized landslides due to heavy rainfall, fragile ecology and disturbances caused during hill cutting," he informed the House.
Responding to concerns raised by the Borduria-Bogapani MLA regarding the po...