East Siang, July 1 -- As Arunachal Pradesh continues to grapple with floods and heavy rain, Union Ministers Kiren Rijiju and Shivraj Singh Chouhan on Wednesday visited flood-affected areas in East Siang district, as part of a wider tour in the state, which is battered by heavy rain, flash floods and landslides over the last few days.

The two ministers reviewed the damage on the ground and interacted with affected families.

Union Parliamentary Affairs Minister Kiren Rijiju, an MP from the state, spoke about the wider scale of the disaster affecting both Arunachal Pradesh and Assam.

"Arunachal Pradesh and Assam have been severely affected by flooding following more than 200 millimetres of rainfall in a single night. There has been signif...