The National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) on Friday said as many as seventeen bodies have been retrieved from the landslide site in Manipur's Noney district and efforts are on to rescue those who are still stuck beneath the debris.
The agency spokesperson said a total of three National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) teams and those from the Army, State police and local administration are working at the Tupul yard railway construction camp of the Territorial Army which was hit by a massive landslide on Wednesday night.
"In the joint operation, 17 dead bodies have been retrieved from the site till now. Before the arrival of NDRF teams, 18 injured persons were rescued and shifted to hospital on June 30."
"More people are suspected to be still stuck beneath the debris. Search operation is continuing," the spokesperson said in its update on Friday.
Earlier, Eastern Command General Officer Commanding-in-Chief Lt Gen R P Kalita met the injured Territorial Army personnel who were initially admitted to Liemakong Military Hospital on Thursday.