3 our bodies retrieved in Hatiasia Songma landslide
Tura, Oct 6: The tragedy in Garo Hills area continues to worsen with 5 extra confirmed lifeless on Sunday, taking the general tally of casualties to fifteen folks.
The 5 causalities embody a father – son duo whose automotive was swept away by robust currents on Friday night in Dimapara whereas trying to cross a flooded street; a mother-daughter duo fell sufferer to a landslide whereas they have been asleep of their home on the intervening evening of Saturday and Sunday; and a person died when a tree fell on his automotive on Saturday evening.
Within the first occasion, the daddy and son duo, recognized as Bijoy S Sangma (44 years), a trainer by career, and his 13-year-old son Wian Chigado R Marak, have been getting back from college on Friday night after they encountered a flooded street under the Dimapara bridge resulting from a swelled-up Bugai River. Based on officers and villagers, the duo was suggested towards crossing the flooded, because the street wasn’t seen and there was robust present. Nevertheless, the trainer braved the hazard and tried to cross the street, however his automotive, a Wagon R bearing registration no. WB 06 7718, was carried away by the flood waters after few meters.
Whereas the automotive was retrieved by SDRF on Saturday, the our bodies of the duo was retrieved by the rescue groups on Sunday morning from the low-lying space of Sonagre village of Dimapara in Dalu. Each have been residents Rongkhon Songgital, Tura.
Casualties in East Garo Hills
Within the different incident, a mom and daughter have been killed by a landslide in the midst of the evening on the intervening evening of Saturday and Sunday whereas they have been deep of their sleep in Gongdop village below Rongjeng police station in East Garo Hills district. The victims, recognized as Amerin Okay Marak and her daughter Manase Okay Marak, have been asleep when heavy rains triggered a landslide on the hill behind their home, burying their home with tonnes of soil.
Their our bodies have been recovered by the SDRF and villagers on Sunday morning.
Within the third incident, a person, recognized as Thenseng R. Marak, was killed late on Saturday evening when a tree uprooted throughout a storm fell on his automotive, Renault Kiger with registration no. ML08 J 1279, within the Songsak reserve forest space, East Garo Hills. The incident occurred on nationwide freeway 127B close to Rongre as Marak, together with two girls kinfolk, was driving from Dalu to Rongjeng.
Marak, a resident of Thibapara in Dalu, died on the spot, whereas the 2 girls, Sengrikchi D. Sangma (29) and Clarinda D. Sangma (27), each sisters, suffered critical accidents. They acquired preliminary remedy at Songsak PHC earlier than being transferred to Williamnagar hospital.
3 our bodies retrieved from Hatiasia Songma landslide
In the meantime, after two days of efforts, the SDRF and NDRF groups manged to tug out the our bodies of three of the seven members of the family buried within the landslide at Hatiasia Songma in South Garo Hills district on Sunday afternoon. The our bodies have been retrieved round 1:30 pm on Sunday.
The household of seven was inside their home, which falls below the Gasuapara Block, when a bit of the hill behind their home got here crashing down on the home on Friday, leaving them no likelihood to flee. The complete home received buried within the tonnes of soil from the hill.
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