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Uttarakhand: More than 7 feared dead as landslide hits car in Pithoragarh

PTI Pithoragarh (Uttarakhand), October 8 More than seven people are feared dead after their vehicle was hit by a landslide here on Sunday, officials said. The incident occurred at Thakti on the Kailash Mansarovar road in Dharchula subdivision, they said....
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Pithoragarh (Uttarakhand), October 8

More than seven people are feared dead after their vehicle was hit by a landslide here on Sunday, officials said.

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The incident occurred at Thakti on the Kailash Mansarovar road in Dharchula subdivision, they said.

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Sub-Divisional Magistrate, Dharchula, Divesh Shashni said the vehicle coming from Bundi met with the accident around 2 pm. He said the car was buried under the rubble of the landslide.

More than seven people are said to have been in the vehicle at the time, Shashni said, quoting eyewitnesses.

A search operation by the State Disaster Response Force, police, Indo Tibetan Border Police, and the Army is underway, the SDM added.

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