Himachal Pradesh Landslide / Death toll climbs to 28 after 3 more bodies found

Zoom News : Aug 17, 2021, 06:53 PM

With the recuperation of 3 more of our bodies on August 17, the demise toll withinside the landslide in Himachal Pradesh's Kinnaur district climbed to 28, a senior legitimate stated.

State Disaster Management Director Sudesh Kumar Mokhta stated in keeping with the facts supplied with the aid of using the Bhawanagar Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP), 3 bodies were found in Chaura village on National Highway five in Nichar tehsil.


He stated seek and rescue operations, which had been suspended on August sixteen night, resumed withinside the morning of August 17. The rescue operation is being executed collectively with the aid of using the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF), the Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) and police and domestic defend personnel.


The landslide passed off on August 11 close to Chaura village. A Himachal Road Transport Corporation (HRTC) bus, an SUV and different automobiles had been trapped beneath neath the debris. On the day of the incident, 10 of our bodies had been recovered and thirteen humans had been rescued. Fifteen extra our bodies were determined until August sixteen. The SUV and its passengers who're feared to be buried beneath neath the rubble have now no longer been determined so far, Mr Mokhta stated, including that it's far feasible that the car rolled down with the debris.


The HRTC bus became determined in a badly broken situation on August 12.

A truck, which had rolled down in the direction of a riverside because of stones falling down a mountainside, became additionally determined and the driver's frame became recovered.


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