Rescuers in India search debris for missing people after landslides kill 24

Stranded people are evacuated using a temporary zip line across a broken bridge after torrential rain triggered multiple landslides in West Bengal (The National Disaster Response Force vis AP)

Rescuers are scouring an area in north-eastern India for those reported missing a day after landslides triggered by heavy downpours killed at least 24 people, officials said.

Teams of Indian army personnel and members of the disaster response force were searching for people who are feared trapped under debris in the tea-growing hill district of Darjeeling, said West Bengal state development minister Udayan Guha.