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Monsoon Landslide in Guwahati’s Rupnagar Kills One, Displaces Nine Families

It is the sixth landslide-related death in Guwahati this season during the region’s ongoing heavy monsoon rains.

Landslide

Overview

  • Maneswar Rajbongshi, 60, was buried under boulders in a landslide late Friday night and his body was recovered after a nearly 17-hour rescue operation involving SDRF, NDRF and local volunteers.
  • Two houses in Rupnagar were severely damaged, prompting authorities to relocate 30 people from nine families to a temporary shelter at Rupnagar Lower Primary School.
  • The Guwahati Municipal Corporation has provided health check-ups, clean drinking water and sanitation facilities at the shelter camp to support displaced residents.
  • This latest fatality raises the city’s monsoon season landslide death toll to six, following separate incidents in Bonda, Maligaon and Datalpara in recent weeks.
  • Officials have warned that unregulated construction and inadequate drainage in hilly areas heighten risks as the India Meteorological Department continues to forecast heavy rainfall.