Nine dead, three injured in multiple landslides in HP’s Kinnaur district

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SHIMLA: Nine people were killed and three others injured in multiple landslides in Himachal Pradesh’s Kinnaur district on Sunday, police said.

Multiple landslides occurred near Batseri on Sangla-Chitkul road, they added. Heavy boulders fell on a tempo traveller carrying 11 people, killing nine and injuring two, according to the police. In a similar incident, one person was injured in another landslide in Kinnaur district, they added.

The police said they have started rescue operations and further details are awaited.

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