Kerang Village

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Kerang Village
Village
Village of West Siang
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Kerang Village
Location in Arunachal Pradesh, India
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Kerang Village
Kerang Village (India)
Coordinates: 28°19′27″N94°40′55″E / 28.324062°N 94.681923°E / 28.324062; 94.681923
CountryFlag of India.svg  India
State Arunachal Pradesh
District West Siang
Circle Kaying Circle
Government
 • Type ZPM, MLA, MP
 •  MP Kiren Rijiju
Time zone IST (UTC+5:30)
Students' Union NameAll Kerang Students' Union (ARSU)
Website www.westsiang.nic.in

Kerang Village is a small village reside at West Siang District, Arunachal Pradesh.

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Location

Kerang is located 34 km towards North from District headquarters Along & 205 km from State capital Itanagar.

Fire Incident

Around 70 houses were gutted down by the fire at around 1.30 am on 12 November 2014. It rendered many families homeless. There was no loss of life but properties worth crores of rupees were destroyed in the fire accident. The people could not take out any of their properties. [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] The Green Pioneer Itanagar and Adi Baane Kebang Youth Wing conducted the voluntary donation camp for the fire victims and the Chief Minister of Arunachal Pradesh, Nabam Tuki, Education Minister of Arunachal Pradesh, Tapang Taloh and other leaders had also helped the victims by donating some money, blankets, bucket etc. [7] [8] [9] [10]

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References

  1. ↑ Kerang, Village (12 November 2013). "70 houses gutted in West Siang". The Arunachal Times. Archived from the original on 23 September 2015. Retrieved 30 November 2014.
  2. ↑ CM, Aruachal Pradesh. "Chief Minister Nabam Tuki expressed shock and pain over the unfortunate fire mishap at kerang village". arunachalpradeshcm.in/. The Arunachal Pradesh CM. Archived from the original on 6 December 2014. Retrieved 30 November 2014.
  3. ↑ "70 houses gutted in Arunachal village". The Times of India. 14 November 2014. Retrieved 30 November 2014.
  4. ↑ "70 families homeless after Arunachal fire". The Telegraph. 12 November 2014. Archived from the original on 27 November 2014. Retrieved 30 November 2014.
  5. ↑ "70 houses burnt in Arunachal fire". The Business Standard. 13 November 2014. Retrieved 30 November 2014.
  6. ↑ "Arunachal Pradesh: 71 houses razed to the ground in devastating fire". TNT Magazine. Archived from the original on 4 December 2014. Retrieved 30 November 2014.
  7. ↑ "70 houses burnt in Arunachal fire". The Statesman. Press Trust of India. 13 November 2014. Retrieved 30 November 2014.
  8. ↑ Village, Kerang (29 November 2014). "Voluntary Donation Camp Conducted for Kerang Fire Victims". Eastern Sky Media. Archived from the original on 5 December 2014. Retrieved 30 November 2014.
  9. ↑ Village, Kerang. "At least 70 houses burnt in Arunachal fire". Zee News. Retrieved 30 November 2014.
  10. ↑ "Fire victims given financial assistance". The Arunachal Times. 16 November 2014. Archived from the original on 23 September 2015. Retrieved 30 November 2014.


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