NDRF operation in landslide-struck Zoumol village in Manipur suspended

IMPHAL: The rescue operation by the 20-member team of the National Disaster Response Force at landslide-hit Zoumol village in Manipur's Chandel district has been suspended, an official of the state Relief and Disaster Management said today.

The operation was suspended yesterday.

The official quoted a commandant of the NDRF as saying that 10 persons had been rescued and four bodies recovered in the operation. Five persons were missing.

One person, presumed dead, came back alive to the neighbouring village of Chahmol last Sunday, sources said. poli