Innaur landslide oll goes up to 16

The toll from the landat Negulsari in Himachal esh’s Kinnaur went up to 16

two more bodies were d from the rubble 70 metres nhill on Friday morning. bodies were recovered close e wreckage of a bus with 22 le on board that was hit by ders and buried under their is. The landslide buried at five vehicles on a road on nesday afternoon. lice superintendent (Kin) Sarju Ram Rana said the inistration has deployed two vators to reach the wreckof the bus. “Manual search continue besides two fork

machines have been oyed to remove the rubble to ch for people feared trapped erneath,” said Rana. State ster Management Authority director Sudesh Mokta said they have been unable to trace a car that went missing after the landslide and they also do not know how many passengers were in it.

Rescuers earlier recovered two other cars from the rubble.

Chief minister Jai Ram Thakur, who visited the landslide scene on Wednesday, announced the search operation will continue till the last body is traced.

On Friday, Thakur visited the community health centre in Bhaba Nagar of Kinnaur district to inquire about the well being of the people who were injured in the landslide. He announced the ₹4 lakh compensation to the families of the deceased in the incident. Meanwhile, PM Narendra Modi has announced an ex-gratia of ₹2 lakh each to the family of those who were killed and ₹50,000 for those injured in the tragedy.