GUWAHATI: Leader of Opposition in the Assam Assembly, Debabrata Saikia on Sunday, July 3, demanded a review of all the recent constructions by the Indian Railways in geo-sensitive zones of the North-Eastern region in view of a massive landslide at such a site in Manipur, which claimed over 40 lives.

Saikia also demanded the quick evacuation of all trapped workers and relevant monetary compensation for the families of those killed or injured in the incident at the Tupul Yard Railway construction site in the Noney district of Manipur.

Saikia wrote a letter to Prime Minister (PM) Narendra Modi, Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnav, and Assam Chief Minister (CM) Himanta Biswa Sarma respectively.

At least 10 people from Assam have already been killed in the accident, while 10 others are still missing.

“I would like to request you to release an order to review all the recent constructions of Indian Railways in these geo-sensitive zones of North East India to prevent any such case in the near futur the Congress leader wrote to the PM.

He also sought immediate release of compensation from the Prime Minister’s Relief Fund to the families of the deceased workers and an amount of Rs 25 lakh be paid to each of them.

Debabrata Saikia urged the PM to provide Rs 10 lakh each as compensation to all injured people in the accident.

Saikia claimed that a primary investigation into the incident has revealed that railways authorities “had not followed disaster management protocols adequately, as a result of which so many lives have been lost”.

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