Assam landslides kill 21
   Date :03-Jun-2020

Assam landslides kill 21_
 
 
HAILAKANDI/KARIMGANJ/SILCHAR :
 
TORRENTIAL rains triggered massive landslides in three districts of Assam’s Barak valley on Tuesday, dumping mountains of mud, swamping homes and snuffing out at least 21 lives, officials said. Three families were almost entirely wiped out, while 17 people were injured in Hailakandi, Karimganj and Cachar districts. Eight people, including five of a family, died in Hailakandi district. Loosened by incessant rain, a hillside came crashing down on the tin-roofed house.
 
Two other landslides killed 2 in Chandipur grant area, while Chandmoni Maal (6) died in a separate mudslide in Mohanpur, officials said. Five people were also injured in these three incidents. Seven members of a family were smothered under mounds of mud that flattened their home when they were asleep in Kolarpur village of neighbouring Cachar district. Two others were injured, police said. Two others seriously injured were rescued by police and locals who dug through the debris with shovels and bare hands, as people wailed in despair and the village lay in a welter.