Advanced Wall Radar, Rescue Dogs Look For Survivors In Manipur Landslide
NDTV
Manipur landslide: Search operations are still for another 28 people who were trapped after the landslide on Wednesday night.
The death count due to a massive landslide at a Territorial Army Camp in Manipur's Noney district has increased to 37, officials said on Saturday. Search operations are still for another 28 people who were trapped after the landslide on Wednesday night. The dead includes 24 jawans.
Rescue efforts are being carried out in the Tupul area by the Indian Army, Assam Rifles, Territorial Army, and the central and state disaster response forces. To hasten the search operations, rescue dogs have also been deployed. Through Wall Imaging Radar (TWIR) technology is also being used by the officials to find people under the debris.
"Relentless effort to find the remaining seven missing Territorial Army personnel and 21 civilians will continue till the last individual is found," a defence spokesperson in Guwahati said.
The landslide occurred on Wednesday night at the Territorial Army Camp near the Tupul yard railway construction site.
