Seven of the 19 construction workers from Assam who had gone missing last week in Arunachal Pradesh s Kurung Kumey district have been rescued and an Indian Air Force chopper has been engaged in the search and rescue operations for the remaining, police said on Saturday.
All of the 19 labourers were reported to be missing from the project site during last week and the deputy commissioner stated that a labourer s body was recovered from a nearby river.
Uniindia: Itanagar, July 19 (UNI) Nineteen road construction workers, engaged in a BRO road building project in remote Kurung Kumey district of Arunachal Pradesh bordering China, have gone ‘missing’ for more than two weeks now and their whereabouts are not known to the police and the administration, official sources said on Tuesday.