Overview
- The landslide struck a construction site in Lohitpur and trapped workers, with local police saying the collapse occurred around 12:45 pm on Tuesday.
- Rescue teams pulled four labourers from the debris and recovered two bodies identified as Bipin Kumar, 33, and Rahul Kumar, 26, both migrant workers from Bihar.
- One rescued worker is in serious condition at Lohit Zonal General Hospital while the condition of the others is being monitored.
- Tezu Police Station has registered an unnatural-death case and Lohit district police have opened an investigation that may examine site safety and slope management.
- The incident highlights repeated monsoon-driven slope failures in Arunachal Pradesh that put construction sites and migrant labourers at risk and could prompt tighter safety checks on projects in the region.