Due to incessant rain and landslips since yesterday, Haflong was completely cut off via land and train services were cancelled between several places.
The district administration today declared all private and government educational institutions to be closed and alerted people not to travel during night time.
Meanwhile, a minor girl student was drowned in Mahur river while she was going to school and accidentally fell into the river, sources said adding, in another incident two person were injured at places 7 Kilo and 8 Kilo when their houses collapsed.
Heavy landslips occurred in Haflong area of Phiangpui, Muolhoi Digrik, Debarai, Nutan Basti, Mahadev tilla-New Haflong railway station approach road, Jatinga, Synod turning, Tankaram turning and in Lungkhok interrupting commuters.
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Landslides also occurred at Nutan Leikul, Mahur and Maibong in Haflong-Lumding road, they said.
Rain and strong winds damaged nineteen houses at Arada and fourteen houses at Phelegphu village last night.
The N F Railway authority has cancelled all trains running in the hills section between Silchar-Lumding due to landslides at several places and damage of tracks between New Haflong-Migrendisa Mahur and Phaiding and in the diversion section between Jatinga-Lampu, Bandarkhal-Ditekchera and Harangajao.
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The landslide also damaged or exposed at least 19 graves at Khatla cemetery here.
Khatla local council sources said the bones in the graves were being collected by local volunteers and reburied in a mass grave at a nearby place inside the cemetery. Prayers were offered by a church elder.
The cemetery had earlier been badly damaged by landslide in September 1997 when 68 graves were destroyed, they added.