ITANAGAR: Four people were killed and three others injured after a landslide triggered the collapse of a protection wall of a building at Niti Vihar in Arunachal Pradesh’s capital city at around 4pm on Monday, reports Joken Ete. Seven workers were buried under the debris after a wall of the building under construction collapsed, officials said. Rescue teams pulled out seven people from the debris. Four of them were found dead, while the other three were admitted to Heema Hospital. The deceased were identified as Choki Tasar, Ratan Burman, Godak Raja, and Godak Tabin, officials said.

The injured workers are Tatung Tajit, Choki Takio, and Hasinoor Ali. Tamo Dadda, assistant commissioner of the city, said seven workers were at the site when the wall collapsed. Rescue work was hampered due to continuous rainfall, posing challenges for the teams to locate the trapped victims. “Because of the rain, the soil became dense and unstable, making it difficult to determine the precise location of the victims. The rescue teams, though, made every possible effort to retrieve them,” Dadda said. Personnel from the State Disaster Response Force, along with Itanagar police and district administration officials, launched rescue operation after being notified about the incident.