At least five persons, including two women, were killed on Friday, while five others remained missing in a landslip that buried several houses in Arunachal Pradesh’s West Kameng district, which is being lashed by torrential rain.
The landslip occurred when a small hillock near the Old Inspection Bungalow caved in and buried several houses in Bhalukpong town, West Kameng district Superintendent of Police A. Koan said. While five bodies were retrieved from the debris, five others were still missing as rescue operation had to be suspended due to darkness.
Three rescued The SP, who is camping at Bhalukpong to supervise rescue operations, said torrential rain in the past couple of days have triggered flood-like situation in the town bordering Assam.
Three persons have been rescued from the debris, but they have sustained serious injuries, he said.
The dead bodies extricated from the debris were identified as Leel Bahadur Chetry (57), Dilip Gwala (15), H Barman (54), Durga Barman (45) and Rina Barman (24).Those who remain missing are Pinky Boro (40), Miali Chetry (40), Niki Boro (10), Juala Chetry (10) and nine months-old Angel Lenua, the SP added.
