Mizoram borders southern Assam's Barak Valley, which has been severely affected by the deluge. Access to potable drinking water sources has been hit due to the floods.
Meghalaya Chief Minister Conrad K. Sangma along with Home Minister Lahkmen Rymbui accompanied by district administration officials, PWD Engineers and NHAI officials on Sunday inspected the damaged portion of the NH-6 at Lum Shnong in East Jaintia Hills.
Initially, pigs available within the one-kilometre radius of the farm will be executed and buried to contain the spread of the disease, sources revealed.
An official statement said that the cause of death of some pigs in east Mizoram's Champhai town recently was confirmed as 'ASF.'
A senior police official said that a team of Mizoram Police arrested Rodinliana, 37, alias Apuia Tochhawng, a resident of Hermon Veng in Khawzawl district, on Sunday and recovered two mobile phones.
The epicentre of the earthquake, which struck at 3.42 PM, was at latitude 23.10 N and longitude 93.75 E at a depth of 60 km in a border area in neighbouring Myanmar
The death toll remained at 546 as no new fatality was reported in the past 24 hours.
Mizoram Chief Minister Zoramthanga had said on Thursday that both the state governments "will try" to increase the fencing all along the border.
The quake was reported at 5.15 am with its epicentre at a depth of 73 km southeast of Thenzawl, Mizoram, according to the National Centre of Seismology (NCS).
The statement issued by the state Information and Public Relations department said that two more persons from Aizawl district succumbed to the infection on Sunday night, taking the COVID-19 death toll to 479.
Two organisations -- People Right to Information and Development Implementing Society of Mizoram (PRISM) and Mizoram Upa Pawl had filed a case in 2009 against Zoramthanga for alleged misuse of power as a public servant.
The rate of infection of children and adolescents in the age group of 0 to 18 years now is 14.26 per cent against the previous day’s 13.49 per cent in Odisha.
The new guidelines will come into effect on October 3 and will remain in force in the state till October 16.
Mizoram on Sunday reported 967 new coronavirus cases, pushing the state's tally to 63,784.
Kolasib (Mizoram) Deputy Commissioner H. Lalthlangliana, in a letter to his Hailakandi (Assam) counterpart Rohan Jha, alleged that Assam Police personnel had, at gunpoint, kidnapped JCB operator Lalngaisanga on Thursday while he was constructing a private road on the request of the 'Jhum' farmers (shifting cultivators).
Recently, a soulful rendition of the Indian national anthem 'Jana Gana Mana' sung by a five-year-old Mizoram girl Esther Hnamte in uniform has earned praises on social media. The video of the girl even caught the attention of Mizoram Chief Minister Zoramthanga and lakhs of netizens.
At least 880 more people, including 166 children, tested positive for Covid-19 in Mizoram in the last 24 hours.
More than 300 schools in Covid-19 free areas in Mizoram have been allowed to reopen for the new academic session 2021-2022.
The extension was announced as the restrictions, imposed on August 15, were scheduled to expire on Saturday.
The blast that took place at Sahebmarra around midnight damaged a major portion of a primary school, close to the interstate border, though no casualty has been reported so far, Hailakandi Superintendent of Police Gaurav Upadhyaya told reporters.
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