A day after massive landslide, a village near the Mandi-Pathankot National Highway on Monday was declared unsafe and residents asked to shift to safer places even as rescue operations were underway.
A day after massive landslide, a village near the Mandi-Pathankot National Highway on Monday was declared unsafe and residents asked to shift to safer places even as rescue operations were underway.
A massive landslide buried two Himachal Pradesh roadways buses on Sunday, killing at least 46 people and injuring several others on the Mandi Pathankot National Highway.
The Himachal Road Transport Corporation has suspended night services on 65 landslide-prone roads in Shimla district as a precaution.
"The death toll is 46 and rescue operations are in full swing," said Special Secretary, Disaster and Revenue, D D Sharma.
The wreckage of buses were buried deep in the debris and hampering movement of heavy machinery, deployed to remove boulders.
A village in the area has been declared unsafe and residents have been asked to shift to safe places, said Deputy Commissioner, Mandi, Sandeep Kadam.
The cause of the massive landslide is yet to be ascertained and a team of geologists wil arrive on Tuesday, the Forensic experts have been called to identify the bodies which are badly mutilated.
Four more bodies have been identified on Monday while 19 bodies remained to be identified.
In view of frequent landslides and Sunday's incident, traffic has been diverted via IIT Kamand.
The Mandi district administration has closed the Mandi Aut section of Chandigarh- Manali road and advised commuters to take the Mandi Kullu Road via Kotla.
Chief Minister Virbhadra Singh on Sunday visited the spot and said eight passengers were travelling in the Manali- Katra bus, of whom three lost their lives, while five were rescued and taken to the zonal hospital in Mandi.
There were around 47 passengers in the second bus which was on its way from Manali to Chamba, an official said.
Meanwhile, Volvo bus authorities have said that their bus was not involved in the accident.
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