10 Labourers Killed, 5 Injured in Uttarrakhand Landslide

Bodies of ten labourers who were killed have been retrieved, while one of the injured is said to be critical.

File photo of damages in Uttarrakhand after a landslide. (Photo: PTI)

• Ten labourers were killed and five injured after a storm hit the Chakrata district of Uttarrakhand in the early hours of Monday morning, leading to a landslide.
  
  
• The incident took place around 1 am when the labourers were sleeping in the Teoni-Hanol area and boulders rolled down after strong winds and thundershowers hit the area.
  
  
• Bodies of the ten labourers who died have been retrieved, and the injured have been admitted to a hospital where one of them is said to be critical.
  

(With PTI inputs.)