India, Oct. 12 -- A porter from Assam, who had been missing for more than 20 days in the remote mountains of Arunachal Pradesh's Upper Siang district, was rescued on October 10 as another porter spotted him lying unconscious and alerted the authorities, officials said.

The man, identified as Unnot Taye of Silapathar in Dhemaji district, had disappeared on September 20 while returning from a porter assignment on the strategic Panggo-Jorging hilly jungle track near the Line of Actual Control (LAC).

Upper Siang deputy commissioner Talo Jerang said Taye was part of a group of 12 porters who had reached Tuting on September 16 to carry cement from Panggo village to Jorging-an arduous 82-km journey through steep and inaccessible terrain that t...