Arunachal Pradesh: Two More Out Of 19 Missing Assam Labourers Rescued

Itanagar: Two more Assam labourers out of 19, who went missing from a road construction site in Arunachal Pradesh's Kurung Kumey district, recovered on Monday.

With this development, a total of 10 labourers have been recovered so far.

As per reports, the two persons were taken to the Primary Health Centre, and later could be shifted to the Tomo Riba Institute of Health and Medical Science (TRIHMS) at Naharlagun.

Meanwhile, the bad weather halted the rescue operation on Sunday as choppers of the Indian Air Force (IAF) could not take off.

Notably, on Friday night, at least seven out of the 19 construction labourers from Assam were recovered while one was recovered on Saturday evening.

These rescued labourers were very weak following which they were given medicines and food to recover from weakness.

The labourers from Assam had fled the road construction site along the India-China border on July 5 following they were denied leave to go home.

Reportedly, they took off for their homes on foot in two groups of eight and 11.

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