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Kinnaur landslide live updates: Toll mounts to 14; CM Jairam Thakur visits Kinnaur today
Four more bodies were recovered from the landslide site in Himachal Pradesh's Kinnaur district where the search and rescue operation resumed early on Thursday, raising the death toll to 14. A Himachal Road Transport Corporation (HRTC) bus, which, along with other vehicles, was buried under the debris, has been found in a badly damaged condition. The rescue work is being carried out jointly by the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF), the ITBP, the local police and home guards. Stay with TOI for all the latest updates:Read Less
Himachal Pradesh CM Jairam Thakur visits community health centre in Bhaba Nagar of Kinnaur district to inquire about the well being of the people who were injured in the landslide yesterday.
President Ram Nath Kovind speaks to Himachal Pradesh governor Rajendra Arlekar and CM Jairam Thakur on Kinnaur landslide incident. "I was told that all steps are being taken to bring the affected people to safety," he says.
For me these moments are very painful. I visited the landslide site and took stock of the relief and rescue work: Jairam Thakur
मेरे लिए यह क्षण अत्यंत पीड़ादायक और भावुक करने वाले हैं। किन्नौर के निगुलसेरी पहुंचने पर मैंने घटना स्थल का दौरा… https://t.co/sIIXkfnktA
— Jairam Thakur (@jairamthakurbjp) 1628754559000Rescue operations were halted for the last 2 hours due to shooting stones from uphill. At present, the national highway is closed. HRTC bus wreckage can be seen spread over 100 meters of area in the middle of the rubble.
ITBP spox, Vivek Pandey at Kinnaur landslide incident
Shooting stones are still falling which is creating problems in carrying out the rescue operation.
Himachal Pradesh CM Jairam Thakur visits Kinnaur landslide site, reviews rescue operation
Chief minister Jai Ram Thakur said the teams of NDRF, SDRF and Kinnaur district administration were working tirelessly to rescue the people trapped under the rubble at Nigulseri.
One more body recovered from landslide site in Himachal's Kinnaur; toll rises to 14
One more body has been recovered from the landslide site in Himachal Pradesh's Kinnaur district where the search and rescue operation resumed early on Thursday, raising the death toll to 14.
Chief minister Jai Ram Thakur inspects the landslide site in Kinnaur
Himachal Pradesh CM Jairam Thakur conducts aerial survey of the landslide-hit area in Kinnaur
Rescue operation halted due to shooting stones.
Rescue operations continue unabated. (Photo: SuryaCommand_IA/Twitter)
Thakur further said that the number of passengers travelling on the bus buried under debris is still not confirmed.
Till now 13 bodies have been recovered from the landslide site in Himachal Pradesh's Kinnaur. The National Disaster Response Force (NDRF), Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP), Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) and state police teams are engaged in search and rescue operations at the Kinnaur landslide site.
CM Jairam Thakur
Himachal Pradesh CM to visit landslide site in Kinnaur today
Himachal Pradesh chief minister Jairam Thakur on Thursday said he would visit the landslide site in Kinnaur today. The CM said that the rescue operation was halted last night. It resumed in the early morning today and is currently under way. (ANI)
Relatives of the missing bus passengers approached the local authorities to know about their whereabouts. Most of the victims belong to Kinnaur district. (IANS)
Local legislator Jagat Singh Negi visited the spot and inspected the rescue operation involving the ITBP, local authorities, the Army and the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF). (IANS)
ITBP troops of 17, 19 & 43 battalions are conducting search & rescue operations with sister organisations
#Kinnaur landslide update: ITBP troops of 17, 19 & 43 Battalions are undertaking search & rescue operations with si… https://t.co/LUTxR6ddTR
— ITBP (@ITBP_official) 1628739857000Names of the deceased and the injured