States »NortPosted at: Aug 12 2021 12:00AM Ten dead, 14 rescued, 25 missing as landslide hits HP's Kinnaur
Shimla, Aug 11 (UNI) At least ten people died while 14 others were rescued after a landslide struck five vehicles in Negalsari of Himachal Pradesh's Kinnaur district on Wednesday.
At least 25 people are still missing and a rescue operation is underway.
According to Deputy Commissioner Kinnaur Abid Husan Sadik, three small vehicles and 01 Tipper recovered from Spot but HRTC bus and one bolero car not found.
He said that landslide hit part of NH-05 is cleared but traffic movement is not allowed yet.
He said at least five vehicles, including a truck and a bus, were totally damaged in the incident and lay beneath the debris on the Hindustan-Tibet National Highway.
As many as 14 people, including the driver of the bus, have been rescued and admitted to civil health center Bhawanagar, he added.
Total 25 people still missing and a rescue operation is underway.
The Himachal Roadways Transport Corporation bus was en-route to Haridwar from Murang when the tragedy struck.
Though the National Disaster Response Team, State Administration Response (SAR), Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) and local police were pressed into service but the rescue operations took long to begin as the shooting stones and boulders kept slipping on the road between Bhavnagar- Negualseri in Kinnaur district about 130 km from here.
Chief Minister Jai Ram Thakur has expressed grief over the loss of lives in the incident and directed the officials to immediately undertake rescue operations and provide proper medical treatment to the affected.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union Home Minister Amit Shah have spoken to Mr Thakur and assured all possible help.
Deceased are identified as Rohit, S/O Late Sh. Sainj Ram Village Kaiya Tehsil Rampur distt. Shimla (Age: 22-25 years); Vijay Kumar (32) S/o Sh. Jagdish Chand R/o Jhol PO Dera PO Sujanpur Distt Hamirpur; Meera Devi W/O Sh Chander Prakash Vill Nanspo PO Tranda Tehsil Nichat Distt Kinnaur; Miss Nitisha D/o Pritam Singh VPO Sungra Tehsil Nichar Distt Kinnaur HP; Prem Kumari (42) W/O Sh. Sanam Bhatto VPO Labrang Tesil Pooh Distt Kinnaur; Kamlesh Kunar (34) S/O Sh Shiv Ram R/O Vill Rechuta PO Piplu dhar Tehsil & Distt Solan; Vanshuka (2) D/O Sh Vipan VPO Sapni Tehsil Sangla Distt Kinnaur; Gyan Dassi W/O Bhag Chand VPO Sapni Tehsil Sangla Distt Kinnaur; Devi Chand (53) S/O Dharam Sukh VPO Palingi Tehsil Nichar Distt Kinnaur; Radhika (22) D/O Sh Harman Singh Vill Kafnu PO Huri Tehsil Nichar Distt Kinnaur.
Meanwhile, the injured were identified as Prashant, Varun Menon Tajender, Daulat , Charan Jeet Singh, Mahinder Pal (Bus Driver) Gulab Singh (Bus Conductor), Saveen Sharma, Japti Devi, Chander Gyan, Arun , Anil Kumar(Conductor Anjali Bus) and Kaizang Negi.
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