- Title: Two dead, dozens trapped after landslide in India's Himalayas - officials
- Date: 11th August 2021
- Summary: NEW DELHI, INDIA (AUGUST 11, 2021) (ANI - NO USE INDIA) (SOUNDBITE) (English) PUBLIC RELATIONS OFFICER, INDO-TIBETAN BORDER POLICE, VIVEK PANDEY, SAYING: "There has been a massive landslide on the Reckong Peo-Shimla highway. There have been reports that there are six vehicles that have been trapped including a bus. It is a 32-seater HRTC (Himachal Road Transport Corporation) bus which was moving from Reckong Peo to Shimla and it is believed that some 40 people are trapped." KINNAUR, HIMACHAL PRADESH, INDIA (AUGUST 11, 2021) (ANI - NO USE INDIA) RESCUE OFFICIALS AT THE SCENE
- Embargoed: 25th August 2021 14:06
- Keywords: Himalayas ITBP India Kinnaur Shimla accident disaster landslide rescue vehicles trapped
- Location: KINNAUR, SHIMLA, HIMACHAL PRADESH/NEW DELHI, INDIA
- City: KINNAUR, SHIMLA, HIMACHAL PRADESH/NEW DELHI, INDIA
- Country: India
- Topics: Asia / Pacific,Disaster/Accidents
- Reuters ID: LVA005EPU3IVB
- Aspect Ratio: 16:9
- Story Text: QUALITY AS INCOMING
Two people have died and at least 12 were injured after a landslide in the mountainous Indian state of Himachal Pradesh on Wednesday (August 11) saw boulders tumbling onto a highway, hitting several vehicles, Indian officials said.
There were reports of six vehicles - including a 32-seater bus - stuck under rocks and mud, according to a spokesman for the Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP), an Indian paramilitary unit responsible for border security in the region.
The landslide happened at 1245 (0715 GMT) local time, the ITBP wrote on Twitter.
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