8 injured in landslide in Himachal Pradesh's Kangra
Shimla, July 19
Eight people were injured in a landslide in Himachal Pradesh’s Kangra district on Tuesday morning, the state disaster management authority said.
According to the Kangra district emergency operations centre, the landslide occurred at a construction site near a flour mill around 9am, state disaster management director Sudesh Mokhta said.
The injured have been identified as Sahdev (21), his brother Vasudev (30), Rajeev Kumar (19), Gaurav (20), Dev Narayan (40), and Jagat (42) — all from West Bengal — Neetu (24) from Uttar Pradesh and Vinay Kumar (44) from Kangra district, he said.
They had been admitted to Tanda Medical College, Mokhta added.
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