Aizawl: Another body was recovered on Thursday, taking the death toll in multiple landslides in Mizoram's Aizawl district to 28, a police officer said.
Aizawl Superintendent of Police (SP) Rahul Alwal said the body of a non-local resident was recovered from the debris of the landslide at Hlimen on the southern outskirts of Aizawl at 11 am on Thursday.
With the new recovery, a total of 28 bodies have been recovered so far, he said.
According to the SP, six people including a six-month-old child are still reported missing.
Although district officials and police had put the death toll at 29 on Wednesday, they later corrected themselves and said it was 27 on Wednesday, apologizing saying the wrong information was given by mistake from Aibok village, where The search for the two missing persons is still going on.Due to bad mobile network.
Officials said 15 bodies were recovered from a massive landslide at a stone quarry in Meltham area and six bodies were recovered from Hlimen on the southern outskirts of Aizawl. Two people died in Falcon village, about 15 km from Aizawl. Two people each died in Lungsei and Kelsih villages. Died after house was washed away due to landslide in Aizawl district.
The 28 victims included three minors and seven non-local residents from Jharkhand and Assam, he said.
Aizawl Deputy Commissioner Nazuk Kumar said that rescue and search operations continued for the third day on Thursday morning in Meltham, Hlimen and Aibok areas.
He said teams of National Disaster Response Force (NDRF), State Disaster Response Force (SDRF), police, fire department and quick response team (QRT) have been deployed for the operation.They are assisted by volunteers from the Young Mizo Association (YMA), he said.
Mizoram Chief Minister Lalduhoma announced an ex-gratia of Rs 4 lakh for the families of those killed in landslides and other disasters caused by rains in other parts of the state.
He said the government has earmarked Rs 15 crore to deal with disasters caused by rains, which were the after-effects of Cyclone Remal.
More than 120 houses, schools and churches have either been damaged or collapsed due to recent rains, storms and landslides that hit Bangladesh and West Bengal on Monday, according to the state disaster management and rehabilitation department, amid the impact of Cyclone Ramal. Was caused by. ,
In Aizawl city, some cemeteries in Republic Veng, Kanan Veng, Luangmuel and Kulikavan were also washed away by landslides, and more than 200 graves were damaged, it said.The department said that about 48 houses were also submerged in water due to flood in Talon river in Sairang village, about 21 km from Aizawl.
Aizawl Superintendent of Police (SP) Rahul Alwal said the body of a non-local resident was recovered from the debris of the landslide at Hlimen on the southern outskirts of Aizawl at 11 am on Thursday.
With the new recovery, a total of 28 bodies have been recovered so far, he said.
According to the SP, six people including a six-month-old child are still reported missing.
Although district officials and police had put the death toll at 29 on Wednesday, they later corrected themselves and said it was 27 on Wednesday, apologizing saying the wrong information was given by mistake from Aibok village, where The search for the two missing persons is still going on.Due to bad mobile network.
Officials said 15 bodies were recovered from a massive landslide at a stone quarry in Meltham area and six bodies were recovered from Hlimen on the southern outskirts of Aizawl. Two people died in Falcon village, about 15 km from Aizawl. Two people each died in Lungsei and Kelsih villages. Died after house was washed away due to landslide in Aizawl district.
The 28 victims included three minors and seven non-local residents from Jharkhand and Assam, he said.
Aizawl Deputy Commissioner Nazuk Kumar said that rescue and search operations continued for the third day on Thursday morning in Meltham, Hlimen and Aibok areas.
He said teams of National Disaster Response Force (NDRF), State Disaster Response Force (SDRF), police, fire department and quick response team (QRT) have been deployed for the operation.They are assisted by volunteers from the Young Mizo Association (YMA), he said.
Mizoram Chief Minister Lalduhoma announced an ex-gratia of Rs 4 lakh for the families of those killed in landslides and other disasters caused by rains in other parts of the state.
He said the government has earmarked Rs 15 crore to deal with disasters caused by rains, which were the after-effects of Cyclone Remal.
More than 120 houses, schools and churches have either been damaged or collapsed due to recent rains, storms and landslides that hit Bangladesh and West Bengal on Monday, according to the state disaster management and rehabilitation department, amid the impact of Cyclone Ramal. Was caused by. ,
In Aizawl city, some cemeteries in Republic Veng, Kanan Veng, Luangmuel and Kulikavan were also washed away by landslides, and more than 200 graves were damaged, it said.The department said that about 48 houses were also submerged in water due to flood in Talon river in Sairang village, about 21 km from Aizawl.
