Two days after a landslide swept through a railway construction camp in the northern Indian state of Manipur, the toll continues to climb. The local government and army announced on Saturday July 2 that twenty-five people had died in the disaster, and that nearly forty others were still missing.
Rescue teams and security forces continued to search for possible survivors, but their efforts were hampered by bad weather conditions, including rain. Situation “stay serious”said the head of the Manipur state government, Nongthambam Biren Singh.
Most of the dead, whose bodies were retrieved from the rubble, were reservists working at the railway site. Eighteen people, however, were found alive by emergency services, according to a press release from the army. However 12 reservists and 26 civilians are still missing.
Global warming
Remote northeastern India has been hit by torrential rains, which have caused landslides and flooding in recent weeks.
Earlier this year, at least ten people died in the natural disaster following unusually heavy rains in parts of India.
According to experts, climate change is increasing the number of extreme weather events around the world, including in India. In this country, dams, deforestation and development projects also contribute to disasters whose human toll is getting worse.
