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Shillong, May 29 (IANS) Traffic movement on the National Highway that passes through Meghalaya, connecting Tripura, Mizoram, and Manipur, including southern Assam, was restored, officials said on Wednesday.

Guwahati, July 2 (IANS) The National Highway 6 which passes via Meghalaya crossing Shillong from Guwahati connects at least four northeastern states – Tripura, Mizoram, Manipur, and Southern Assam with the rest of India.

Preliminary note on the ‘Disastrous Tupul Railway Station Landslide, Noney district, Manipur’ submitted by Nongmaithem Herojit Singh, senior geologist; James Pebam, superintending Geologist GSI, SU: MN, Imphal Office, published on July 8, reported that the landslide occurred at the construction site of the Tupul Railway station, which is 50 km away from Imphal.

Experts have identified non-resistant soil conditions, and prevalence of micro-seismicity

Imphal, July 17 (IANS): Experts have identified non-resistant soil condition, prevalence of micro-seismicity, besides changing land use patterns on the top of hills such as deforestation as the cause for the recent catastrophic landslides in Manipur.At least 55 people, including Territorial Army soldiers,railway workers and local villagers were killed in the landslides, while search operations were still underway in inclement weather to locate six missing.The disastrous landslides at a railway ...