Rescuers in India search for missing after landslides kill 24 in Darjeeling region
Yeni Delhı (AP) -Arsarists were examining the hill region of India’s northeast tea on Monday for missing people the day after the landslides triggered by at least 24 of the heavy downpour killed on Monday.
Western Bengal State Development Minister Udayan said that the Indian army and disaster forces rescuers are looking for losses stuck under the wreckage mound of the teams.
Authorities, torrential rainfall and road damage, the efforts to reach several affected villages, he said. Television news showed that rescue workers use soil carriers to clean the debris.
The landslides triggered by heavy rains destroyed houses and infrastructure and left hundreds of tourists trapped in Darjeeling at the weekend. Western Bengal Prime Minister Mamata Bannerjee caused two iron bridges to collapse in a mission in X.
India’s weather department estimates heavy rains in the region until Tuesday.
Cloud explosions, floods and landslides have caused significant loss of life and property in India in recent months. In August, the flash floods swept an entire village in the northern province of Uttarakhand.
Sunday, At least 44 people were killed Due to floods triggered by mud shifts in Nepal and heavy rains.
Experts say that human -based climate change intensifies the monsoons of South Asia, which traditionally traditionally, from June to September and from October to December. Rain, once, now reaches irregular explosions and then dry spells that shed excessive amounts of water in a short time.
