Imphal, July 15 (EMN): One of the bodies of the two children who had been missing since the July 11 landslide in Manipur’s Tamenglong district, which claimed the lives of nine people and injured five others, has been recovered, police said on Sunday.
The body of the nine-month old male baby was recovered from a stream called Apa-Thuak on Saturday afternoon, a police source said. The stream connects with Manipur’s biggest river Barak and is located about 5 km north-west of Tamenglong police station. However, the body of a 5-year old girl is yet to be retrieved.
The recovery came after continuous search for the past four days by villagers after the July 11 incident following heavy rainfall at Tamenglong town, 150 km west of Imphal. Earlier, seven of the nine bodies were recovered.
Villagers stopped search operations on Sunday, sources from Tamenglong said. Meanwhile Lanthailung (40), the father of the baby boy whose body was recovered on Saturday afternoon is currently undergoing treatment at a government hospital in Imphal.
According to Manipur’s Relief and Disaster Management department, 13 houses were completely damaged while five others were partially affected due to a landslide in Tamenglong, which experts believe was caused by heavy rainfall.
The region recorded 158.8 mm rainfall since Wednesday midnight, according to nodal officer Dr. T Brajakumar of Manipur’s Climate Cell of Environment directorate.
