Manipur landslide deaths rise to 42, rains affect search for missing 20

The death toll in the landslide at a railway construction site in Manipur's Noney district rose to 42 on Sunday evening as eight more bodies were found from under the debris, officials said.

Twenty people are still missing with heavy rains and fresh landslides impeding the search operations since Saturday, he said.

Bodies of 42 people have been found so far from under the debris at Tupul yard railway construction camp. Among them are 27 Territorial Army personnel and 15 civilians, including railway employees, construction workers and villagers, a defence spokesperson in Guwahati said.

The Territorial Army is deployed in the area to provide security for the railway construction work.

"Relentless effort to find the remaining three missing Territorial Army personnel, and 17 civilians will continue," he said.

The Army, Assam Rifles, Territorial Army, SDRF and National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) are part of the search operation.

"The search operation is continuing despite adverse