Update III After police recovered 11 more bodies this afternoon, the death toll from the Taplejung landslides climbed to 47. Meanwhile, Prime Minister Sushil Koirala expressed his heartfelt condolences to the bereaved families of those who have lost their loved ones in the recent Taplejung landslides. He also wished for speedy recovery of those injured in the incident. PM koirala said that he has already directed concerned authorities to carry out rescue and relief works at the incident sites. Update II: As police recovered six more bodies, the number of people who lost their lives in the landslides in Taplejung district has reached 36 till 2 pm. The landslides hit different villages in the eastern hilly district after an incessant rainfall for past three days, and caused the casualties besides sweeping away houses and land in several VDCs on Wednesday night. Thingluwa, Khokling and Lingtep VDCs are badly hit by the landslides. An unknown number of people are still unaccounted for. Update I : The death toll in Taplejung landslides has climbed to 30 after the rescue team recovered more bodies on Thursday. The number of people missing in the landslides is yet to be established, police said. --------------------------- PHIDIM: Landslides triggered by incessant rainfall for the past three days killed eight people in various VDCs of Taplejung district. According to DSP Shanti Raj Koirala, eight people have sustained critical injuries and more than 27 persons are missing in the landslides. He informed that Thingluwa, Khokling and Lingtep are among the villages that are highly affected by the landslides. Koirala further informed that five persons are found dead in Yakphedi of Thingluwa alone. Their identity is yet to be established. Koirala said that two children were killed in Khokling. The deceased have been identified as Sabin Maden (10) and Basanta BK (8). Similarly, eight-year-old Chameli Limbu, daughter of Ita Bahadur Lumbu of Lingtep was also killed in the landslides. According to DSP Koirala, Amabar Limbu of Santha among two and Mana Maya Limbu of Lingtep-3 are also found dead. As many as 14 persons of Liwang-1 are missing in the landslides, he informed. Though police personnel from various police stations of the district are said to be dispatched in the incident sites, none of them have reached there. It has been learnt that the rescue operation in the district has been affected due to difficult geography.