<p>One more labourer who went missing from the remote road construction site in Arunachal Pradesh was found, even as a search operation for 11 others was underway on Sunday, an official said.</p>.<p>With this, eight of the total 19 missing labourers have been found, he said.</p>.<p>While one of the labourers was found Saturday evening, the seven others were located by villagers on Friday night while walking in a disoriented condition on the road between Huri and Furak in Damin circle, Kurung Kumey's deputy commissioner Bengia Nighee said.</p>.<p><strong>Also Read | <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/national/east-and-northeast/one-more-death-due-to-landslides-in-arunachal-toll-rises-to-18-1122711.html">One more death due to landslides in Arunachal, toll rises to 18</a></strong></p>.<p>The rescued labourers told the local authorities that two workers died after falling into the Furak river, while one died on the way while resting on a stone.</p>.<p>"However, the rescue team has not found anybody as of now," Nighee said.</p>.<p>The labourers, natives of Assam, fled the remote road construction site at the India-China border on July 5 after they were denied leave to go home for Eid. In two-three groups they took off for their homes on foot through jungles, the officer said.</p>.<p>The labourers have been missing since then.</p>.<p>Of the eight people rescued, five were air-lifted by an IAF helicopter to Tomo Riba Institute of Health and Medical Sciences (TRIHMS) at Naharlagun near Itanagar for treatment.</p>.<p>The rest were taken to the district hospital in Koloriang, Nighee said.</p>.<p>The eight rescued labourers were identified as Khairul Islam (26), Majidul Ali (30), Monohar Hussain (18), Inamul Hussain (18), Jainal Ali (45), Hamidul Hussain, Abdul Amin and Ibrahim Ali.</p>.<p>"Rescue operations will continue till all the missing persons are rescued. At present, SDRF, police and local rescue teams are camping at Damin," Nighee said.</p>.<p>The DC had earlier said that the body of one of the missing labourers was found in a river, but after the circle officer of Koloriang who visited Damin to take stock of the situation found no such body, he went back on his statement.</p>.<p>The project site is in Damin circle, about 200 km from Koloriang, the district headquarters. </p>
<p>One more labourer who went missing from the remote road construction site in Arunachal Pradesh was found, even as a search operation for 11 others was underway on Sunday, an official said.</p>.<p>With this, eight of the total 19 missing labourers have been found, he said.</p>.<p>While one of the labourers was found Saturday evening, the seven others were located by villagers on Friday night while walking in a disoriented condition on the road between Huri and Furak in Damin circle, Kurung Kumey's deputy commissioner Bengia Nighee said.</p>.<p><strong>Also Read | <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/national/east-and-northeast/one-more-death-due-to-landslides-in-arunachal-toll-rises-to-18-1122711.html">One more death due to landslides in Arunachal, toll rises to 18</a></strong></p>.<p>The rescued labourers told the local authorities that two workers died after falling into the Furak river, while one died on the way while resting on a stone.</p>.<p>"However, the rescue team has not found anybody as of now," Nighee said.</p>.<p>The labourers, natives of Assam, fled the remote road construction site at the India-China border on July 5 after they were denied leave to go home for Eid. In two-three groups they took off for their homes on foot through jungles, the officer said.</p>.<p>The labourers have been missing since then.</p>.<p>Of the eight people rescued, five were air-lifted by an IAF helicopter to Tomo Riba Institute of Health and Medical Sciences (TRIHMS) at Naharlagun near Itanagar for treatment.</p>.<p>The rest were taken to the district hospital in Koloriang, Nighee said.</p>.<p>The eight rescued labourers were identified as Khairul Islam (26), Majidul Ali (30), Monohar Hussain (18), Inamul Hussain (18), Jainal Ali (45), Hamidul Hussain, Abdul Amin and Ibrahim Ali.</p>.<p>"Rescue operations will continue till all the missing persons are rescued. At present, SDRF, police and local rescue teams are camping at Damin," Nighee said.</p>.<p>The DC had earlier said that the body of one of the missing labourers was found in a river, but after the circle officer of Koloriang who visited Damin to take stock of the situation found no such body, he went back on his statement.</p>.<p>The project site is in Damin circle, about 200 km from Koloriang, the district headquarters. </p>