Preliminary note on the ‘Disastrous Tupul Railway Station Landslide, Noney district, Manipur’ submitted by Nongmaithem Herojit Singh, senior geologist; James Pebam, superintending Geologist GSI, SU: MN, Imphal Office, published on July 8, reported that the landslide occurred at the construction site of the Tupul Railway station, which is 50 km away from Imphal.
The mortal remains of five Army personnel, including a Lieutenant Colonel of the Territorial Army killed in the Noney landslide, were sent to their respective home stations on Monday by an Indian Air Force aircraft.
Among the 37 people found so far, 24 are Territorial Army personnel while 13 of them are civilians, a Defence spokeperson in Guwahati informed the reporters.