Kerang Village

Kerang Village
Village
Village of West Siang
Kerang Village Location in Arunachal Pradesh, India
Coordinates: 28°19′27″N 94°40′55″E / 28.324062°N 94.681923°ECoordinates: 28°19′27″N 94°40′55″E / 28.324062°N 94.681923°E
Country	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 Name	All Kerang Students' Union (ARSU)
Website	www.westsiang.nic.in

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

Location

Kerang is located 34 km towards North from District headquarters Along & 205 km from State capital Itanagar.^[1]

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.^{[2][3][4][5][6][7]} 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.^{[6][8][9][10]}

References

1. Village, Kerang. "About Kerang-i". http://www.onefivenine.com/. One Five India. Retrieved 30 November 2014. External link in |website= (help)
2. Kerang, Village (12 November 2013). "70 houses gutted in West Siang". The Arunachal Times. Retrieved 30 November 2014.
3. CM, Aruachal Pradesh. "Chief Minister Nabam Tuki expressed shock and pain over the unfortunate fire mishap at kerang village". http://www.arunachalpradeshcm.in/. The Arunachal Pradesh CM. Retrieved 30 November 2014. External link in |website= (help)
4. "70 houses gutted in Arunachal village". The Times of India. 14 November 2014. Retrieved 30 November 2014.
5. "70 families homeless after Arunachal fire". The Telegraph. 12 November 2014. Retrieved 30 November 2014.
6. "70 houses burnt in Arunachal fire". The Business Standard. 13 November 2014. Retrieved 30 November 2014.
7. "Arunachal Pradesh: 71 houses razed to the ground in devastating fire". TNT Magazine. Retrieved 30 November 2014.
8. Village, Kerang (29 November 2014). "Voluntary Donation Camp Conducted for Kerang Fire Victims". Eastern Sky Media. 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. Retrieved 30 November 2014.