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Kinnaur landslide: Number of death toll rises to 13

The rescue team has rescued two more bodies from the wreckage of a bus following a landslide in Himachal Pradesh’s Kinnaur district. ANI has reported that those two bodies have now taken the death toll to 13.

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The rescue team has rescued two more bodies from the wreckage of a bus following a landslide in Himachal Pradesh’s Kinnaur district. ANI has reported that those two bodies have now taken the death toll to 13. The rescue operation again started today morning in Kinnaur after being called off on Wednesday night over lack of visibility.

Dharmender Thakur who Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) deputy commandant said, “We have located the remnants of the bus and a body has been recovered,” The rescue team has recovered 10 dead bodies after the landslide buried at least five vehicles, including two buses, on a road near Nigulsari village on the national highway connecting Himachal Pradesh’s capital Shimla to Rechong Peo on Wednesday afternoon.

An official report stated that at least 30 people are reportedly missing after the landslide and 14 were rescued by disaster relief and ITBP personnel and local residents after the landslide. ITBP said in a statement in a statement. “Total 10 dead bodies have been retrieved from the spot. 14 injured have been rescued. All bodies sent to Bhavanagar,”

Prime Minister Narendra Modi has declared an ex-gratia of ₹2 lakh each to the next of kin of those who were killed and ₹50,000 for those injured in the tragedy. The Prime Minister took to his official account and wrote,”The landslide tragedy at Kinnaur is very saddening. In this hour of grief, my thoughts are with the families of those who lost their lives. May the injured recover at the earliest. Rescue operations are underway and everything possible is being done to assist those still trapped,”

President Ram Nath Kovind also expressed his condolences at the deaths in the landslide. “It is sad to hear that many people have died and others are in danger due to landslides in Kinnaur, Himachal Pradesh. I express my condolences to the bereaved families and pray for full success in the relief and rescue work,” he said.

However, PM Modi and Union home minister Amit Shah spoke to Himachal Pradesh chief minister Jairam Thakur and assured him of all possible help in the rescue and search operations.

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