Arunachal Construction Labourers: 10 labourers rescued out of 19 missing

Itanagar, Jul 28: Two more of the 19 labourers who went missing on Jul 13 from Arunachal Pradesh have been rescued on Sunday (Jul 24), taking the number of total rescued labourers to 10, informed Deputy Commissioner Nighee Bengia. He said that the health condition of the two rescued are very serious and are likely to be evacuated to Naharlagun or Koloriang District Hospital.

 

 

 

 

Nighee Bengia, Deputy Commissioner of Kurung Kumey district said, "Today (Jul 24) at around 1-30 pm, two more labourers were rescued from the jungle between Huri to Tapa in critical condition by the SDRF and local rescue team." He further added, "They are identified as Kholebuddin Sheikh (27 years) and Shamidul Sheikh (19 years). They have been brought to SBI camp at Huri first for first aid and then to PHC Damin for medication."

 

 

 

 

 

According to his inputs, "The rescue team including the local team returned this evening (Jul 25) due to the threat of poisonous snakes. However, the rescue operation will be continued tomorrow again to rescue the remaining missing labourers. As per the statement of two rescued labourers that they left four persons behind them who were very critical and could not walk in the forest." He also said that the IAF Chopper operation could not be materialised today due to bad weather and the IAF Chopper rescue operation will resume tomorrow if the weather will clear.

Earlier, three rescued labourers have been shifted from Huri to Koloriang District Hospital for further treatment. The DC, SP and DMO of Kurung Kumey District visited the District Hospital and interacted with the three admitted labourers. At least for now, the reason for their sudden disappearance is being considered that they had presumably lost track of their route back home. Three of them reportedly died while being lost in the jungles, but their bodies have not yet been traced by the authorities.