11 killed, 60 trapped in Himachal Pradesh landslide

Six private vehicles, including a bus and a truck, were wrecked

There were 24 tourists in the bus that fell into the ditch, 13 were rescued and eight bodies were found in the wreckage of the Tata Sumo.

Kinnaur: At least 11 people have been killed and 13 others rescued in a landslide in Himachal Pradesh's Kinnaur district. The accident happened around 12 a.m. on Wednesday when a mountain collapsed on National Highway No. 5 in Nigulsari area of ​​Kinnor.

Following the news, a team of about 300 ITBP personnel rushed to the spot and started rescue and relief operations. However, the rescue operation was hampered by rocks falling for some time.

A Himachal Pradesh Tourism bus was also trapped in the landslide. It is said to have a total of 24 passengers. A total of five vehicles, including a bus and a truck, were reportedly trapped in the landslide. However, the driver and conductor of the bus have been rescued. They said there were 24 passengers in the bus.

Thus only the driver and conductor of the bus are left, all the passengers are trapped in the debris. The bus was going from Haridwar. District administration and other officials rushed to the spot. In addition, Sruthaniko is also helping in the rescue operation. Chief Minister Jairam Thakur himself arrived at the spot to review the situation.

NDRF team has rescued 13 people and recovered 11 bodies. The rescue operation is underway, but the rescue operation is being hampered by the occasional large boulder falling. According to ITBP spokesperson Vivek Pandey, about 60 people are still suspected to be trapped. The injured were taken to CHC Bhavnagar for first aid.

State Disaster Management Director Sudesh Kumar Mokhta said eight bodies had been recovered from the Tata Sumo caught in the landslide. The Himachal Pradesh Tourism bus heading to Haridwar has finally fallen into a ditch and rescue operations have been launched for it. The driver's body was found in the wrecked truck. The dead included five women and a child.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi has spoken to Chief Minister Jairam Thakur about the Kinnaur tragedy and got information about the situation. Home Minister Amit Shah has spoken to the ITBP DGP about this. The chief minister has also promised to send a helicopter to treat the injured. Earlier, nine people were killed and three others injured in a landslide at Baseri on Sangla-Chitkul road in Kinnaur on July 25 in Himachal Pradesh.

Similarly, on July 27, eight people were killed and two injured and two were missing in a landslide caused by a cloudburst at Tozing Nullah in Udaipur in Lahore's Spiti district. A total of 218 people have been killed and 12 others are missing in landslides and floods in Himachal Pradesh this monsoon, Water Resources Minister Mahendra Singh Thakur told the assembly on August 4.

Standing under a cliff, the bus driver saved his life

Seeing the previous bus leaving safely, we thought that our bus would also leave in a short time

The driver and conductor of a bus trapped in the rubble of a landslide in Kinnaur district of Himachal Pradesh saved his life by standing under a large rock and witnessed the whole tragedy with his own eyes. When the bus from Morang to Haridwar reached Nigulsari at 12.30 pm, it was informed that stones were falling ahead.

Meanwhile, a bus going from Rampur to Ricangpio left. Seeing the bus leaving safely, the driver and conductor of the bus heading to Haridwar stopped the bus a short distance away from where the stones were falling and waited for the situation to return to normal. Conductor Gulab then said that as they were returning to the bus, a whole mountain fell on them.

He seized several vehicles, including a bus parked there. We ourselves were swept away by this landslide, but found a place under the rock to save lives. There was complete debris outside the cliff. On a white day everything seemed dark. So we kept encouraging each other. First the mobile was running, then it turned off.