4 Dead, 5 Army Personnel Missing After Landslide, Flash Flood Hits Arunachal’s Dibang Valley

Ita aga ,
Aug
15
(PTI)
Five
A my
pe so el
we t
missi g
afte
a
flash
flood
t igge ed
by
heavy
ai fall
washed
away
two
shelte s
i
A u achal
P adesh’s
Diba g
Valley
dist ict,
while
fou
people
died
i
a
majo
la dslide
o
a
oad
co st uctio
site
i
Uppe
Suba si i
dist ict,
officials
said
o
Satu day.

Acco di g
to
the
State
Eme ge cy
Ope atio s
Ce t e
he e,
both
i cide ts
occu ed
o
F iday
eve i g.

The
la dslide
occu ed
at
the
Keoja i g-Byachi g
oad
cutti g
site
i
Uppe
Suba si i
dist ict.

While
seve al
people
we e
bu ied
u de
the
deb is,
fou
people
—
Tadu
Baki,
Taji
Rai,
Ma kosh
Basumata i
a d
Babul
Ali
—
we e
epo ted
dead
i
the
i cide t.

The
body
of
Babul
Ali
has
bee
ecove ed,
said
the
dist ict
disaste
ma ageme t
office
of
Uppe
Suba si i.

Pe so el
f om
Nacho
Police
Statio
have
bee
deployed
fo
the
sea ch
a d
ecove y
ope atio .
Fi e
a d
Eme ge cy
Se vices
pe so el
a e
also
bei g
mobilised
f om
Dapo ijo,
while
a
team
of
the
State
Disaste
Respo se
Fo ce
will
assist
i
the
ope atio .

I
Diba g
Valley
dist ict,
two
shelte s
of
the
5th
G e adie
at
the
Pasu
Pa i
A my
Camp
we e
washed
away
by
a
flash
flood
t igge ed
by
heavy
ai fall
o
F iday
eve i g.

Officials
said
that
the
flash
flood
swept
away
seve
A my
pe so el
a d
two
of
them
we e
escued,
while
five
emai
missi g.

The
missi g
pe so el
have
bee
ide tified
as
Havalda
Upe da
a d
A my
pe so el
Ku da ,
Vi od,
Aditya
a d
Samu da.

Two
sea ch
a d
escue
teams
f om
the
5th
G e adie
have
al eady
bee
deployed.

Teams
comp isi g
pe so el
of
the
58th
Battalio
of
the
ITBP,
62
RCC
of
the
Ge e al
Rese ve
E gi ee
Fo ce,
local
volu tee s
a d
the
A u achal
P adesh
Police
have
bee
ushed
to
the
site
fo
the
sea ch
ope atio .
A
SDRF
team
f om
Pasighat
is
also
p oceedi g
to
A i i
to
assist
i
the
escue
ope atio .& bsp;

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