The Indian Army said: “At least 20 people have died in a landslide that covered a railway construction site in the northeast of the country as aid teams continue to search for dozens of missing people. Most of the victims were reservists in the ground. forces that were They are working on a railway construction project in Manipur.

And announced in a statement that 18 survivors have been found so far, while 15 reservists and 29 civilians are still missing. Army spokesman Sumit Kumar Sharma said the rescue team was digging through mud and lifting rocks in search of survivors.

In turn, the head of the local government in the state of Manipur, Birn Singh, said in a statement that “the loss of life, including members of our armed forces, is very sad,” noting that more than fifty people are still missing. In an isolated region in northeast India, heavy rains have hit in recent weeks, causing landslides and flooding.

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