INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
death when a huge boulder, loosened by monsoon rains, rolled down a mountain and hit their vehicle on the Basar-Akajan road in Lower Siang
district of Arunachal Pradesh today, police said.The incident occurred at around 2.30 pm about 5 km from Likabali, the district headquarters
of Lower Siang, when they were on way to it from Basar in West Siang district, police said.The boulder rolled down the mountain slope and
smashed the mini bus carrying 20 ITBP personnel
Four ITBP personnel died on the spot
So far, three bodies have been retrieved by a joint rescue team of the ITBP and the state police, who are being assisted by locals , Lower
Siang superintendent of police Singjatla Singpho said.This is the second landslide-related incident in the state within five days
The toll due to landslips this monsoon has risen to nine.He said the vehicle had to slow down as the condition of the road is very bad and
was hit by the boulder.The SP said eight other personnel were injured, including two seriously
The seriously injured have been shifted to the Army hospital at Likabali, while the personnel with minor wounds were treated at the local
community health centre."A rescue operation is difficult in the area due to stones rolling down from the mountain," Singpho said, adding the
identity of the dead ITBP personnel was yet to be confirmed.On June 24, five labourers were buried alive when a retaining wall of an
under-construction RCC building collapsed on a labour barrack at Donyi Colony.
