Accrding to sources the landslide took place on the Reckong Peo-Shimla Highway in Kinnaur at around 12 pm .One person has died and around 30 people are feared buried after a landslide in Himachal Pradesh’s Kinnaur left many vehicles trapped under debris this afternoon.
A truck, a state-run bus and other vehicles were buried after the rockslide. Accrding to sources the bus, travelling To Shimla, had 40 people on board. The local police said 25-30 people were trapped or buried. Six people have been rescued including the driver. Teams of the Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) were sent to the area for the rescue.
Chief Minister Jai Ram Thakur said the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) had also been called in. Heavy, incessant rain has caused many landslides in parts of Himachal Pradesh over the past few weeks.Last month, nine tourists were killed after huge boulders fell on their cars in another part of Kinnaur.