Kinnaur landslide: Death toll climbs to 13, rescue work underway

  • 3 years ago
Death toll in the landslide at Himachal Pradesh's Kinnaur climbed to 13 on Thursday after three more bodies were recovered. The accident occurred when a bus on its way to Haridwar via Shimla was hit by boulders after a landslide occurred on Wednesday on national highway-5 in Nigulsari area of Kinnaur district. Rescue operations are underway and being carried out jointly by National Disaster Response Force (NDRF), the Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) and the members of local police and home guards.