Our Correspondent Diphu, Oct. 10 (EMN): The State Disaster Response Force (SDRF) from Hojai and the Fire and Emergency Service from Diphu have not succeeded in tracing the body of a youth from Dimapur, who was suspected to have drowned at Langvoku river after accidentally falling into a waterfall on Saturday. The youth, Suresh Chakma (23) of Firing Range colony in Dimapur had visited Langvoku waterfall for a picnic along with his friends on October 8 when the tragic accident happened. Chakma’s friends informed that they had climbed to the crest of the waterfall and were taking photos when the victim slipped and fell. Langvoku waterfall is located about 43 km away from Dimapur. The SDRF from Hojai reached the spot on Sunday, October 9, to search for the missing body. The team joined by Fire and Emergency Service, Diphu, continued the search operation downstream of the Langvoku river on Monday, but was unable to trace the body. Langvoku Waterfall Development Committee also assisted
Our Correspondent Diphu, Oct. 11 (EMN): The body of a youth from Dimapur, who went missing after accidentally falling into Langvoku waterfall, was retrieved after 72 hours of continued search operations by the State Disaster Response Force (SDRF) and Fire and Emergency Service team in Diphu. The youth, Suresh Chakma (23) of Firing Range colony in Dimapur, had visited Langvoku waterfall for a picnic along with his friends on October 8 when the tragic accident happened. Chakma’s friends informed that they had climbed to the crest of the waterfall and were taking photos when the victim slipped and fell. Langvoku waterfall is located about 43 km away from Dimapur. As part of the operation, the local committee members of Langvoku waterfall took a bold step in letting the main river water divert to the other side in order to decrease the volume of river water. After the volume of water went down, one of the members saw the body about 30 meters away from the point where Chakma had rep