-IndiaSpend.com At present, India is developing an early warning system for landslides, but it is likely to be operational not before 2025 Mumbai: On September 24, a major landslide hit a water pump at Chaba in the Shimla district of Himachal Pradesh and reportedly damaged a pipeline worth Rs 5 crore that supplied water to the district. Earlier in June, relentless rains led to deadly landslides in Manipur's Noney district, killing more...
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Cry in the wild -Pradip Phanjoubam
-The Telegraph Lessons to take away from the two recent calamities in NorthEast It is never easy to rationalise tragedy. The two witnessed recently in the Northeast are no exceptions. One, the Assam floods in which the state’s two major rivers, the Brahmaputra and the Barak, and their tributaries wreaked havoc, killing nearly 200 people and, at one point, putting close to 4.5 million people in danger of starvation and disease. Two,...
More »Manipur landslide: Weak soil, incessant rain, anthropogenic pressure to blame, say experts -Sobhapati Samom
-Down to Earth Seventy-nine people have been confirmed as victims while 47 bodies have been recovered from the accident site at Marangching village in Noney district The disaster happened at Marangching village part 5 in Noney district, newly carved from Tamenglong. As of July 4 evening, 47 bodies out of the 79 confirmed victims were recovered while 18 injured persons were rescued and referred to hospitals for treatment. Of the total bodies recovered,...
More »Manipur toll rises to 20, 43 still are missing -Umanand Jaiswal
-The Telegraph Three railway employees are among those not traceable Guwahati: The death toll from Thursday’s landslide in Manipur’s Noney district has risen to 20 with the recovery of 12 more bodies. Around 43 people are still missing, 16 of them from Assam. Fifteen of the dead were Territorial Army personnel deployed for the security of railway staff and construction workers at the under-construction Tupul railway station yard, which was hit by the...
More »8 Dead, 50 Missing After Massive Landslide At Manipur Mega Train Project Site -Ratnadip Choudhury
-NDTV.com Manipur landslide: The district administration is in touch with national and state disaster management agencies for search, rescue and relief operations. Guwahati: At least eight people were killed and 50 others are feared missing after a massive landslide hit a town in western Manipur's Noney district. The incident took place at the 107 Territorial Army Camp near the Tupul yard railway construction site on Wednesday night. Of the eight killed, seven are...
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