At Chungthang: Houses damaged, people rattled

Moonlight School in Chungthang which took substantial damage on the night of 18 September. Four dead bodies have been recovered from this complex, including one on 25 September.

Another damaged Building in Chungthang

A precariously perched structure in Chungthang. The building has suffered substantial damage and the toppled spire continues to keep everyone on tenterhooks.

CHUNGTHANG, 25 Sept: Chungthang is by far the worst affected town which has suffered a trail of devastation and destruction left by the earthquakes. A series of landslides triggered by the 6.9 strong tremor of 18 September brought down a pall of gloom with as many as 13 deaths registered in Chungthang alone, many claimed still missing and almost all houses and structures hare having taken damage to some extent.
With most structures now unsafe and residents still insecure about returning to even houses which have suffered only minor damage, most are still sleeping in the camps and open spaces with a few beginning to return to their houses now that it has been a week since the calamity.
The Chungthang SDM office has conducted a preliminary investigation of the damages in and around Chungthang though there has not been enough time for a detailed examination yet. The preliminary report suggests that 90 houses in Chungthang have been totally damaged. The town has about 120 households. Of the 90 totally damaged houses, 25 are informed to be uninhabitable.

Pegong has also suffered extensive damage with 35 of the approximately 50 houses there totally damaged.
Theng too has suffered almost total destruction with 28 houses damaged [as per the preliminary report]. The village has about 30 to 35 houses.