Guwahati: The body of another man from Assam, who perished in Manipur’s Noney district landslide, has been recovered by rescue teams on Saturday.
The deceased identified as Upendra Konwar, a resident of Bharaltup village in the Morigaon district of Assam.
According to reports, the body is expected to arrive at his home from Manipur today.
The funeral and last rituals were apparently performed by the deceased’s family before his body arrived at their residence.
With this, the death toll of people from Assam who were killed in the devastating landslide in Manipur has risen to 16.
The Assam administration had already created a list of 26 state residents who were working at the Tupul railway yard construction site on June 30 when the landslide occurred