Seven dead, 55 feared dead in massive eastern Indian landslide

30/6/2022 18:21

        At least seven people have died and another 55 are feared to have been killed after a massive landslide in a remote area of the north-eastern Indian state of Manipur, local officials said on Thursday.
        
        Rescue workers battled heavy rains and inclement weather to pull out nineteen survivors from the rubble on Thursday morning after the landslide occurred at a railway construction site in the early hours, but said the likelihood of finding any more was thin.
        
        This month unprecedented rains have lashed India's north-eastern states and neighbouring Bangladesh, killing more than 150 people.
        
        Millions have been displaced by the catastrophic floods in recent weeks, and in some low lying areas houses have been submerged.