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Another landslide hits Himachal's Kullu
KULLU [Maha Media]: Incessant heavy rainfall has wreaked havoc in parts of Himachal Pradesh. At least seven people, including a three-year-old girl, died after a massive landslide struck Jangam Bagh of Sundernagar subdivision in Himachal Pradesh's Mandi district on Tuesday evening. Hours later, another landslide hit Akhada Bazaar of Kullu, where one house was completely damaged, and another partially, leaving at least two people trapped under the debris.
The landslide, triggered by incessant heavy rainfall, was reported at around 6.30 PM when a large portion of a hill suddenly collapsed, crushing two houses and trapping families inside.
As soon as information was received, the Indian Army personnel, along with teams of National Disaster Response Force (NDRF), State Disaster Response Force (SDRF), district police and Home Guard launched rescue operations with the help of three JCB machines. Officials of the district administration, along with MLA Rakesh Jamwal, DC Apoorv Devgan and SP Sakshi Verma, also rushed to the site to oversee the relief and rescue efforts.
In the evening, after the hill cracked and the debris fell, panic gripped the area and there was stampede-like situation as people ran for their lives. Two women, one of them a young girl, were pulled out alive and rushed to the hospital in an ambulance, but both succumbed to their injuries during treatment.
Mandi DC Apoorv Devgan informed that the death toll in this horrific landslide in Sundernagar has reached seven. "The deceased have been identified as Bharti, Kirat, Shanti Devi, Surendra Kaur, Gurpreet Singh and Prakash Sharma. In this accident, the houses of Surendra Kaur and Shanti Devi have been completely wiped out. A house adjacent to these is also on the verge of collapse," he said.
