After Noney tragedy, another landslide hits Manipur
Noney (Manipur), July 2: The Manipur Mountaineering and Tracking Association on Saturday informed that another landslide had hit near the tragedy site in Manipur's Noney.
Further details are awaited.
On Saturday fresh teams were deployed to augment the efforts in the search.
This comes as Manipur is already reeling from a previous landslide that hit Manipur's Tupul general area that claimed many lives. The death toll in the previous landslide rose to 2, while 44 more are missing.
The landslide occurred in the night between Wednesday and Thursday close to the company location of the 107 Territorial Army of the Indian Army stationed close to Tupul Railway Station to guard the Jiribam to Imphal railway line that was still under construction. According to the North-East Frontier Railway CPRO, the Tupul station building of the ongoing Jiribam - Imphal new line project was damaged by a landslide driven on by the continuous rain.
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The Indian Army, Assam Rifles, Territorial Army, State Disaster Response Fund (SDRF), and National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) continue their exhausting search operations at the site of the disaster in Tupul, Manipur, according to PRO Defence, Guwahati.
According to a press statement from the PRO, so far 13 personnel of the Territorial Army and five civilians have been safely rescued, and so far the mortal remains of 18 personnel of the Territorial Army and six civilians have been found.
After wreath-laying by GOC Red Shield Division and IG IGAR (South) at Imphal with full military honours today, the mortal remains of 14 personnel, including 1 JCO and 12 other ranks of Territorial Army personnel, were sent to their respective home stations by two IAF aircraft and an Indian Army helicopter, while one mortal remain was sent to Kangpokpi Distt Manipur by road.
Similar honours will be given at the respective home stations in accordance with military tradition.
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