Manipur landslide: NDRF says 17 our bodies recovered, rescue ops on

By PTI

NEW DELHI: Seventeen our bodies have been retrieved from the landslide web site in Manipur’s Noney district, the NDRF stated on Friday, as they proceed the efforts are on to rescue those that are nonetheless caught beneath the particles.

The spokesperson stated a complete of three National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) groups and people from the Army, state police and native administration are working on the Tupul yard railway development camp of the Territorial Army which was hit by a large landslide on Wednesday night time.

“In the joint operation, 17 dead bodies have been retrieved from the site till now. Before the arrival of NDRF teams, 18 injured persons were rescued and shifted to hospital on June 30.”

“More people are suspected to be still stuck beneath the debris. Search operation is continuing,” the spokesperson stated in an replace issued at 3:30 pm.

Earlier, Eastern Command General Officer Commanding-in-Chief Lt Gen R P Kalita met the injured Territorial Army personnel who had been initially admitted to Liemakong Military Hospital on Thursday.