2 NDRF teams deployed in landslides-hit Manipur

Two teams of NDRF have been deployed to Manipur's Chandel district where 20 villagers were swept away in landslides on Saturday.

One team of 22 rescuers of National Disaster Response Force has been airlifted and has already reached the worst affected Joumol village where 12 houses were also swept away by landslides on Saturday.
The other team is reaching this evening, an official statement said on Sunday.

Twenty people were killed in a landslide triggered by heavy incessant rain at Joumol village in Manipur's Chandel district on Saturday. The village is located about 96 kms from Tengnoupa, the nearest town, of which 83 km is motorable. Rescue operations are going on and they have rescued one villager so far, the official said.

Home Minister Rajnath Singh has spoken to Manipur Chief Minister O Ibobi Singh over phone last night and assured him all central assistance to deal with the situation arising out of the massive landslides in Chandel district.