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.