LANDSLIDE DAMAGES FRUIT MKT IN SHIMLA, ORCHARDISTS SEEK RELIEF

SHIMLA: A landslide after heavy rain damaged parts of the Bhatakufar fruit market in Shimla on Monday morning. Several boxes of apples stocked in the fruit market were buried under the debris. An estimated 20,000 boxes of apple are kept in the market. Police said the incident occurred when boulders and debris started falling after the rain. Traders and farmers at the market escaped unhurt. Shimla deputy commissioner Amit Kashyap said the amount of loss caused is being ascertained and debris being cleared.