India News | Three More Bodies Recovered from Site of Kinnaur Landslide: ITBP

Kinnaur (Himachal Pradesh) [India] August 17 (ANI): Three more bodies were recovered from the landslide site in Nugalsari, Kinnaur on Tuesday, taking the total death toll to 28, said the Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP).

NDRF, ITBP, and other agencies are engaged in the search operation since the incident took place last week.

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A massive landslide had hit Himachal Pradesh's Kinnaur district where a 30-seater Himachal Road Transport Corporation bus, a truck, and four cars were among the vehicles that came under the rubble on August 11.

Jai Ram Thakur, Chief Minister of Himachal Pradesh on had Thursday announced an ex-gratia of Rs 5 lakh to the kin of the deceased. (ANI)

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