Personnel from India's National Disaster Response Force recover the body of a landslide victim at Ratnagiri in the western Indian state of Maharashtra. Photo: via AP
Personnel from India's National Disaster Response Force recover the body of a landslide victim at Ratnagiri in the western Indian state of Maharashtra. Photo: via AP
Nine people were killed by a landslide in the northern Indian state of Himachal Pradeshin on Sunday as boulders fell and hit the vehicle they were travelling in, news agency ANI reported.
The vehicle was carrying 11 people and the two others, as well as a passer-by, were injured, ANI, a partner of Reuters, said, citing Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP).
ITBP teams rushed to the spot near Badseri village in the Kinnaur district of hilly Himachal Pradeshin state to conduct a rescue operation.
Valley bridge Batseri in Sangal valley of Kinnaur collapses: Nine tourists from Delhi NCR are reported to be dead and three others are seriously injured pic.twitter.com/gTQNJ141v5
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Some local media said the people in the vehicle who were killed were visiting from the Indian capital Delhi and elsewhere in India, while one of the injured was a local person.
Television footage showed Batseri bridge in the Kinnaur district had collapsed and other vehicles were damaged as boulders rolled downhill due to landslides.
"My heartfelt condolences to the families of those who lost their lives in this. All arrangements are being made for the treatment of those injured in the accident," Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi tweeted.
In the western state of Maharashtra, at least 125 people died in the last two days after torrential monsoon rains sparked major landslides and flooding there.