Fears 7 dead in huge mudslide in Manipur

GUWAHATI: At least seven people have died and another 55 are feared to have been killed after a massive landslide in a remote area of the north-eastern Indian state of Manipur, officials said yesterday.

Rescue workers battled heavy rains and inclement weather to pull out 19 survivors from the rubble after the landslide occurred at a railway construction site, but said the likelihood of finding any more was thin.

This month unprecedented rains have lashed India’s north-eastern states and neighbouring Bangladesh, killing more than 150 people.