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The death toll from the landslide in Himachal Pradesh’s Kinnaur rose to 13 after three more bodies recovered by Indo-Tibetan Border Police personnel.
After getting information about the tragedy, prime Minister Narendra Modi tweeted, 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.
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.
— Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) August 11, 2021
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“We have located the remnants of the bus and three more bodies have been recovered from the site,” Deputy Commandant of ITBP Dharmender Thakur told the media personnel.
The rescue work resumed on Thursday at 6 am after it was halted last night because of another landslide hit in the area
The rescue operation is being carried out jointly by the National Disaster Response Force, Indo-Tibetan Border Police and the members of local police and home guards.
A 30-seater Himachal Road Transport Corporation bus, a truck and four cars were among the vehicles that came under the rubble, as the landslide hit the Reckong Peo-Shimla Highway around 12 noon .
