Itanagar, Oct 2: Two labourers were killed and three others injured when a landslide struck a construction site in Lapnan Village, Tirap district, on Wednesday.

Tirap District Disaster Management Officer (DDMO) Emily Tingkhatra said the incident occurred around 11:30 am when earth cutting at the site triggered the landslide, burying the workers under debris.

Rescue teams from Assam Rifles, Central Reserve Police Force, and the State Disaster Response Force rushed to the site to carry out the operation. While three labourers were rescued, two could not be saved.

The deceased were identified as Pangkai Sankioam (25) and Jaong Pansa (18), both residents of Kamhua Noksa village in Longding district.

The rescued labourers, Panpho Pansa, Phongoi Pansa, and Chingngam Pansa, were immediately

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