At least 10 people, including six of a family, were buried alive in landslides triggered by rain at Aziznagar and Gazalia of Lama in Bandarban early Friday, the police said.
The landslides occurred at about 3:00am burying alive the victims, living in bamboo huts at the foot of the hills, the police said, quoting local residents.
BALASORE: Panic spread in the localities of Sundarpur and Sahusahi villages in Bhadrak district following landslides at four places in two days. While most of the villagers are living in fear, some have abandoned their villages.
BHUBANESWAR: Even as the sudden rift occurring in the Ranitola hills about eight kms from Narsinghpur in Cuttack district has been hailed as a divine miracle by the locals, a scientific study has established it as a natural phenomenon.
Gabion-retaining structures and use of high-strength geo-synthetics for soil reinforcement can find a lasting, environment friendly and cost-effective solution to the problem of recurring landslides in the geologically fragile hill state like Himachal Pradesh, asserts geo-technical engineering expert Minimol Korulla.
A couple of measures have been initiated to stop landsides in the capital city. Also, short term measures have been taken to see that there are no landslides at three sensitive spots identified.
The information was given in a written reply by PWD Minister Churchill Alemao to a question posed by Saligao MLA Dilip Parulekar during Question Hour on Tuesday.
Four construction workers died and more than 50 were missing on Thursday after a landslide destroyed a dam project in Sichuan Province, in the latest of a series of disasters caused by heavy rains in southwest China. The downpours set off a landslide at the Changheba hydropower plant in Kangding, temporarily blocking a river, the Xinhua news agency said, citing the ministry of civil affairs.
Four construction workers are dead and more than 50 missing after a landslide took out a dam project in Sichuan province, in the latest of a series of disasters caused by heavy rains in southwest China.
Traffic on the Jammu-Srinagar national highway remained disrupted for more than 12 hours due to landslides at four places between Udhampur and Ramban. Over 1,000 vehicles, including some buses and taxis, remained stranded there throughout the night.
