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Landslides claim 7 lives in Arunachal

By Correspondent - 15 Sep 2010 12:00 AM GMT

ITANAGAR, April 3 � At least seven persons, including four children, were buried alive after torrential rains triggered landslides caved in their dwelling house at Koloriang, the headquarters of remote Kurung Kumey district in Arunachal Pradesh, last night.

The disaster occurred at around 11 pm when all the victims were under sleep after having the night�s meal. The velocity of the landslide was so strong that it completely collapsed the occupants� bamboo-made house within no time, killing all seven persons on the spot. Two other people, who were sleeping outside the ill-fated house, escaped unhurt, informed the Kurung Kumey district SP, A Tamut.

The deceased included Tai Powak, 30, a government departmental driver, his mother-in-law Hillang Yallar (45), wife Tai Yakap (25), sister-in-law Hillang Pinky (10) and his three kids � Tai Koyu (2), Tai Achi Bai (3) and Hillang Yading (5).

The bodies of all the victims were fished out off the debris this morning and handed over to their relatives after completing all the formalities, the SP informed.

Lok Sabha MP Takam Sanjoy, who along with a team of officials and two other legislators of the district was on a visit to Palin, another remote pocket in Kurung Kumey, handed over relief money of Rs 70,000 to the district�s deputy commissioner for onward distribution among the immediate kith and kins of the deceased.

Kurung Kumey, along with other parts of Arunachal, has been experiencing heavy showers for the past one week, paralyzing the normal life of the people of this air-fed hilly station.