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Watch: Eight dead, four injured in multiple landslides in Himachal Pradesh

By PTI

Published: Published Date - 04:57 PM, Sun - 25 July 21

Photo: ANI Heavy boulders fell on a tempo traveller carrying 11 people and of them, eight were killed and three were injured, according to the police.

Shimla: Eight people were killed and four others injured in multiple landslides in Himachal Pradesh’s Kinnaur district on Sunday, police said.

#WATCH | Himachal Pradesh: Boulders roll downhill due to landslide in Kinnaur district resulting in bridge collapse; vehicles damaged pic.twitter.com/AfBvRgSxn0

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Multiple landslides occurred near Batseri on Sangla-Chitkul road, they added.

Heavy boulders fell on a tempo traveller carrying 11 people and of them, eight were killed and three were injured, according to the police.

In a similar incident, one person was injured in another landslide in Kinnaur district, they added.
The police said they have started rescue operations and further details are awaited.