Manipur Landslide: Bodies of 12 victims still missing on day 9
IFP Bureau8 Jul 2022
So far, 49 bodies have been retrieved and 18 were rescued out of 79 total affected by the landslide, official sources said.
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So far, 49 bodies have been retrieved and 18 were rescued out of 79 total affected by the landslide, official sources said.
Till Monday evening, the rescue team had retrieved a total of 47 bodies that were buried in the landslide debris while 14 remained missing.
Following the ceremony, the mortal remains of the subedar, identified as Sajit Subba from West Bengal, and the havildar, identified as Chandan Gurung of West Bengal, were flown to their hometown.
The ministerial team included CAFPD Minister L Susindro Singh; IPR Minister S Ranjan; Water Resources and Parliamentary Minister Piyush Hazarikaa, officials and staff of health department.
'With morning rains on Saturday and expected bad weather to continue, the condition is still developing and the future is unknown'.
Every year during monsoon season, we have had landslides in the highways and roads in the interior parts of the state. However, casualty figures were minimal. So, we must say, the scale of disaster in the Tupul incident is unprecedented while also heralding many more devastating incidents in the coming future.
It is likely to take a few days to bring the raging inferno under control as high velocity winds hamper fire-fighting work.
The wildfire in Dzuko Valley in Manipur-Nagaland border started on December 29 evening and has, so far, destroyed over 200 acres of Mount Iso Range.