With two more bodies recovered on Tuesday, the death toll in the June 30 landslide at a railway construction site in Manipur’s Noney district rose to 54, mostly of Territorial Army soldiers, while search operations were underway in inclement weather to locate seven still missing, district officials said.
Search operations by multiple agencies, including the army, continued for the 13th day to locate seven more missing people after the devastating landslide at Tupul.
Eighteen persons were rescued alive and hospitalised.
State Relief and Disaster Minister Awangbow Newmai, who visited the spot sixth time on Tuesday, said that a review meeting would be held after three days in which the continuation of the search operation would be decided.
He said that the review meeting has been called on considering the hardship faced by the officials and volunteers who had been carrying out the search operation for 13 days without any break.
