The affected districts in the State included Lohit, Lower Dibang Valley, Changlang, East Siang and parts of Papum Pare district. Itanagar: The ferocity of flood showed no sign of abating even after five days as incessant downpour fuelled all major rivers and tributaries, inundating five districts in which more than two lakh people were affected in Arunachal Pradesh, official sources said here today. The affected districts in the State included Lohit, Lower Dibang Valley, Changlang, East Siang and parts of Papum Pare district. A high level ministerial team headed by WRD Minister Newlai Tingkhatra along with PWD, Finance and Planning Minister Chowna Mein made an aerial survey of worst affected Lohit district on Saturday, to take stock of the situation. At least 39 marooned people including 12 children, who were stranded between the branches of Lohit River since last four days were rescued by Indian Air Force last evening. All the rescued persons were shifted to relief camp and were handed over to their respective relatives, Lohit DC R K Sharma informed. Seventy-five persons were also rescued at Sunpura with the help of a country boat from Lapsing village. So far, no persons are reported dead in the district. Meanwhile, the surging water of Tezu Nallah, Sukha Nallah and Dening Nallah, following torrential rain for the last several days has inundated Tezu township partially, threatening lives and properties. Several government offices, including the power sub-division, legal metrology, SSA block research centre, DPO and PWD division, along with government quarters have been half submerged in flood. After the complete blackout in the township, several drinking water sources including Sivajinagar, Duranalah and Tafragam were completely washed out. The numbers of inmates are increasing in all the relief camps in the district. Flood water of Denning and Tezukhola inundated Tezu Township, government quarters, Krick and Boury School and private building yesterday. The flood situation in Lower Dibang Valley (LDV) district continues to be grim with rains showing no signs of stopping. Road communication continued to be disrupted from Sadiya and Tezu as well, effectively cutting the district from the rest of the country. In Bolung village, the flood affected families were evacuated to a relief camp. As an immediate measure, about 25 quintals of rice have been distributed to the major affected areas in Bolung and Abali villages. Medicines were also sent to the PHCs in order to contain any outbreak of post flood epidemics. Potable water was sent through tankers by the PHED department to the relief camp. The situation is also grim in outlying administrative circles. Shortage of essential ration commodities has been reported from Paglam, Dambuk and Hunli Circles. The district administration has requested for air-dropping of food items in these places. Deputy commissioner Garima Gupta reviewed the flood situation in a meeting of all the departmental officials and directed them to maintain vigil and to keep their resources ready for relief, rescue and restoration. He also suggested reporting any kind of flood related emergencies to the control room, which would function 24 hours till the situation subsides. Gupta, along with SP Veenu Bansal among others visited the flood affected villages and the relief camp in Bolung yesterday and interacted with the affected people. They also assessed the damage caused by the Deopani river, which is flowing above the danger mark and is frequently diverting its course. The district administration is constantly monitoring the situation and requested the State government to provide special relief sorties to Paglam, Dambuk and Hunli. The flood situation in Changlang districts also remained unchanged with reports of massive losses at Bordumsa and Diyun circles of the district. In East Siang districts, landslides were reported in several areas disrupting surface communication. Sagalee sub-division in Papum Pare district is reeling under damages caused by incessant rainfall in the past weeks. While runoff water carrying massive debris of trees, bamboo, boulder-mixed sand and mud have come flushing down from Karoi road towards the boys’ hostel of the government higher secondary school, inundating most of the low-lying ground and damaging the approach road to the hostel, the approach road to the circuit house has been damaged by heavy landslide, ADC Chukhu Talar informed. On the other hand, the PWD staff quarters at ALC Colony have been inundated and water is flowing above the building’s plinth level. Huge landslides occurred in many places and heavy rocks and trees have slipped down to the road formation level, causing heavy block, he added.