AIZAWL, May 15 NNN: After continuous day-night rescue operation carried out by state disaster response team and volunteers, all the 17 dead bodies of the tragic massive landslide victims at Laipuitlang have been recovered yesterday night by around 11 pm. Altogether 6 persons were also rescued alive.
Meanwhile, short programme indicating closing of the rescue operation was conducted at Young Mizo Association (YMA) Information Centre, Laipuitlang after the last body was recovered.
After that a solemn send-off programme was held at Laipuitlang Baptist Kohhran Hall. The two dead bodies last recovered were identified as Lalremchhungi and Vanlalrema Hnamte, both belonged to Thingfal village.
State disaster response team members had carried out searching operation the whole day yesterday.
It can be noted here that a massive landslide at occurred on the Saturday last in Aizawl.
Besides human casualties, 11 houses were totally damaged and as many as 7 four-wheelers and 9 two-wheelers were also damaged in that calamity.
Mizo National Front (MNF), the principal Opposition party in Mizoram had demanded for the ‘independent judicial inquiry’ over building collapse that had killed 17 persons on Saturday.
The landslide that took place in the early hours of Saturday, had swept away nine houses including a PWD office building at Laipuitlang in north Aizawl killing 17 people.
A PWD office building, which had been vacated about a year ago after a crack developed on it, collapsed under the impact of the landslide and fell on nine houses below killing the people.
Mizo National Front (MNF) had demanded the resignation of Chief Minister Lal Thanhawla, who holds the Public Works Department (PWD) portfolio and his younger brother Lal Thanzara, Parliamentary Secretary for PWD, owning responsibility for the incident.
Meanwhile, regarding the tragedy caused by major landslide at Aizawl’s Laipuitlang on Saturday which had claimed 17 people convened by chief minister Lal Thanhawla had on last Monday discussed over setting up of a Magisterial Inquiry and on the ex gratia payment Rs.1.5 lakh each to the deceased’s families and of Rs. 35,000 grant each to the owners of the collapsed concrete buildings.
A large number of houses were destroyed by storms in Serchip district on Saturday .
Five persons were injured and around 40 houses were damaged in Serchhip district.
in Mizoram due to pre monsoon rain and storm.
Out of the five injured, three persons were discharged after having had administered first aid while two persons are undergoing treatment at the Serchhip district hospital. Among the 40 houses that were damaged, nine of them were swept to the ground which included two residential quarters of the state health department.
Further, it is learnt that six electric poles fell to the ground resulting a power cut in Sechhip town for the whole night that day. Three houses were destroyed in Tachhip village by the squall while many villages across the state were powerless due to transmission lines being snapped by strong wind and massive landslides, sources said.
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