Rescuers recover 26 dead from India mudslide

The site of a mudslide in Noney, north-eastern Manipur state, India (Agui Kamei/AP)

Fresh rain and falling boulders on Saturday hampered rescuers who have so far pulled out 26 bodies from the debris of a mudslide that wiped out a railway construction site in India, officials said.

Rescue work is expected to continue for a couple of days in rugged hilly terrain with little hope of finding survivors among 37 people still missing since Wednesday.