India, Nov. 15 -- A school teacher who went missing during a landslide in Odisha's Kandhamal district was rescued after being trapped for 14 days in a ditch near a hill.

Mohan Maharana, a teacher at a school in Indragarh panchayat in Raikia block, was found in a ditch near the landslide-ravaged Dangasi village on Saturday. He survived for 14 days by drinking muddy water accumulated in the ditch.

After his rescue, villagers carried him on a makeshift stretcher for nearly 18 km to Raikia Hospital, where he was admitted for treatment. His health condition was reported to be critical due to starvation and consumption of muddy water.

The incident dates back to the night of October 29, when incessant rainfall triggered a massive landslide th...