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Five Army Personnel Missing After Flash Flood in Arunachal
Five army personnel went missing after a flash flood washed away two shelters at an army camp in Arunachal Pradesh’s Dibang Valley on Friday, the State Emergency Operations Centre said. The flood…
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Five army personnel went missing after a flash flood washed away two shelters at an army camp in Arunachal Pradesh’s Dibang Valley on Friday, the State Emergency Operations Centre said. The flood hit Pasu Pani, around 25 km beyond Mipi Circle, at about 4.30 pm. Two personnel were rescued after seven were caught in the floodwaters. The SDRF, NDRF, police, ITBP, GREF, local volunteers and army teams are conducting search operations.
Separately, a landslide on the Keojaring-Byaching road in Upper Subansiri buried several people. Hindustan Times, citing officials, reported four deaths. NDTV reported that four labourers were feared dead. One body has been recovered, while searches continue.
The Indian Opinion
The immediate priority is recovery, not speculation. Reports describing the Upper Subansiri victims as dead and feared dead reflect different stages of official confirmation, so the final toll must come from identified bodies and district records. Claims that the army camp’s entire unit was swept away are also inaccurate: seven personnel were caught, two were rescued and five remain missing. The next reliable markers are the recovery count and the official damage assessment.
Sources (2): ndtv.com, hindustantimes.com
This story was synthesised by AI from the 2 sources linked above.
Updated: this story now draws on 2 sources.
