46 dead as landslide buries two buses in Mandi, rescue ops to resume tomorrow

SHIMLADHARAMSALA: Fortysix people were killed after a massive landslide buried two Himachal Pradesh roadways buses at Kotrupi in Mandi district on the MandiPathankot national highway The toll is likely rise as more than 50 passengers were travelling in the two buses that were hit by the landslide triggered by a cloud burst

Updated At : 02:04 PM Aug 13, 2017 IST

Rescue work underway on the Mandi-Pathankot national highway after a landslide struck two buses on Sunday. Photo: Jai Kumar

Tribune News Service

Shimla/Dharamsala, August 13

Forty-six people were killed after a massive landslide buried two Himachal Pradesh roadways buses at Kotrupi in Mandi district on the Mandi-Pathankot national highway.

Mandi deputy commissioner Sandeep Kadam said 46 bodies have been recovered. The rescue operations have been suspended and will continue tomorrow.

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Rescue operations were suspended late evening as there were apprehensions of more landslides, officials said.

The death toll is likely rise as more than 50 passengers were travelling in the two buses that were hit by the landslide, triggered by a cloud burst, officials said.