8 of 19 missing workers from Assam rescued in Arunachal

DIBRUGARH: Search teams combed through dense forests in Arunachal Pradesh’s remote Kurung Kumey district and rescued eight of 19 missing workers from Assam who fled a BRO road construction site on July 5 because of salary delays and lack of basic amenities at their camp. They lost their way and the body of one of the labourers was found in a river a few days ago.
Officials said the eight men were extremely emaciated and starving when they were found in the jungles. Five of them were critically ill. They were taken on an IAF helicopter to a hospital near Itanagar.
Kurung Kumey DC Nighee Bengia said: “They said they were starving and dehydrated. They lost their way in the deep gorges and dense jungles. They managed to survive by eating leaves and wild fruits. We have been told by the rescued workers that two of them had died and they had left behind the bodies. The search for the other missing workers is on.”