Four more bodies found fro Kinnaur landslide site, toll 14
Four more bodies were recovered from the landslide site in Himachal Pradesh’s Kinnaur district where the search and rescue operation resumed early on Thursday, raising the death toll to 14, officials said.
Four more bodies were recovered from the spot after the rescue operation resumed, Kinnaur Deputy Commissioner Abid Hussain Sadiq told PTI.
He said 14 bodies have been recovered so far.
The Himachal Road Transport Corporation (HRTC) bus, which, along with other vehicles, was buried under the debris after the landslide, has been found in a badly damaged condition, State Disaster Management Director Sudesh Kumar Mokhta said. However, a Bolero car still could not be traced, he added.
The HRTC bus was on its way from Reckong Peo to Haridwar gled remains of the bus has gone viral whereby a rescuer is heard saying that the bus was found by the Indo-tibetan Border Police (ITBP) 17th Battalion personnel. Another rescuer states that gloves should be brought for further carrying the operation.
The rescue operation, being carried out jointly by the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF), the ITBP and the
Wednesday, while 13 others rescued with injuries.
Several others are still fe buried under the debris. H ever the exact number was known. On Wednesday, Bhawanagar station house cer (SHO) had said around 2 30 people were trapped u the debris. When the in reports came, Himachal Pra Chief Minister Jai Ram Th