Rescue official states that around 40 people have died so far and 20 people are still missing, as the railway site was hit by a massive landslide.
The victims are believed to be workers and members of volunteer reserve force of an Indian army.
Due to the climate change, the north-eastern states of India have been severely affected by heavy rains and flash floods. These conditions augmented fresh landslides that further hamstringed the rescue operations.
This year the monsoon season brought untold misery for the masses especially in the India’s north-eastern states particularly Assam, Manipur, Meghalaya and Tripura.
The State of Assam has been impacted severely due to climate change wherein 150 people have died due to floods and land sliding, millions have been displaced.
Up till the latest information on the landslide in Manipur, the state officials draw a causal relation between “incessant rains” and a massive landslide.
So far, eighteen people has been rescued from the site; however, rescuing 20 missing people are becoming a daunting task – wet soil hampers deployment of a heavy machinery.
Official states that “only a miracle could save more lives”, BBC Hindi reported.
With the assistance of a radar technology, rescue team is trying their best to locate the buried people.
The site of the disaster was part of a railway line being constructed to connect Jiribam District with State Capital Imphal.
Of all the recovered 42 bodies, 27 belonged to army personals – appointed to provide fool proof security to the workers – while the remaining 15 belonged to other workers, railway employers and villagers, the Quint Reported.
Manipur’s Chief minister called the massive landslide: “one of the most unfortunate incident in the history of the state”.
