Itanagar: Two people died in a fresh landslide on Saturday in Tawang district of Arunachal Pradesh, taking the death toll in two days to 19, officials said.
Union Minister of State for Home Affairs Kiren Rijiju and other leaders visited the area bordering China and took stock of the situation.
The landslide that hit a camp of construction labourers in Phamla village on Friday morning killed 15 people instantly.
Two injured people died later on Friday night.
The fresh landslides also swept away over 30 houses.
“With the two people killed in the early hours of Saturday in a fresh landslide, the toll has risen to 19. The landslide on Saturday occurred in Thongleng village, about 20 km from Tawang. Over 30 houses have been swept away,” said a district administration official.
He said many people have shifted to safer places fearing more landslides, and hence there was less human casualty during Saturday’s incident.
The landslide, however, damaged property worth several lakhs of rupees, he said.
Rijiju on Saturday visited Tawang with former state tourism minister Pema Khandu and took stock of the situation.
