Mudslide halts traffic on Jammu-Srinagar highway
The highway is the lifeline of the landlocked valley and the main road link connecting Kashmir with the rest of the country.
The highway is the lifeline of the landlocked valley and the main road link connecting Kashmir with the rest of the country.
"There was a labour camp of the ITDCL rail construction company involved in the construction of the Sevoke-Rungpo rail project at Mamkhola near Rangpo under the Kalimpong PS. Early morning today, due to intense rainfall and falling of boulders, the rivulet near the camp swelled and those in the camp were washed away,"
The disaster has left two others dead and affected some 130 houses, according to local authorities.
The massive mudslide was triggered by torrential rain which hit Atami city of Shizuoka prefecture in central Japan on Saturday
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