Twenty-one people are feared dead after a truck carrying road construction workers plunged into a deep gorge in Arunachal Pradesh’s Anjaw district.

The vehicle was transporting labourers along the Hayuliang–Chaglagam Indo-China border road when it suddenly lost balance and fell into the gorge on December 8.

Police officials said the accident occurred at a dangerous mountain bend on an extremely narrow road with steep gradients. The workers were heading to a border road construction site when the truck veered off the edge.

Local villagers were the first to reach the spot and start rescue efforts. Police, district administration, disaster response teams and the Army later joined the operation. The depth of the gorge has made rescue work difficult, with several workers seen trapped at diff

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