Army, police teams trekking to villages cut off for five days

After having remained cut off for five days, Lingza and Bey villages of Upper Dzongu were reconnected to the outside world, with the road linking them to Mangan in North District cleared of landslides only to be blocked once again.

The road was cleared of landslides for a brief period yesterday, but was blocked once again today as rocks and muds rained down on the road.

However, persistent efforts to remove the debris paid off with the road once again being cleared upto Lingza Falls enabling Army and police personnel to resume their mission to reach food supplies to the marooned people.

From the Lingza Falls they headed onwards the villages on foot.

Local people, however, are using the road for over two days to reach Mangan.

They said that some villages like 12 mile had been completely wiped out.

Some youths from Mangan are trekking upto the affected areas which, according to the locals, would take them and the Army personnel not less than one and a half days.

The teams left yesterday, which means that they could be on the outskirts of the affected villages by this afternoon.

Meanwhile official sources today declined to confirm that a large number of people had been trapped at Bey village.