JAMMU: At least seven people were killed and about 20 went missing after a landslide, triggered by heavy rains, buried 24 houses in a remote mountainous hamlet in Udhampur district, today.
DIG, Reasi-Udhampur range, Gareeb Dass said a landslide, triggered by heavy rains, buried 24 houses of Punjar Saddal village in Panchari teshil of Udhampur district today.
He said bodies of seven people have been recovered and nearly 20 have gone missing.
Locals from a nearby village have rescued over 100 people, the reports said.
A joint rescue and relief team comprising of SDRF, Police, Medical and Engineering teams were air-dropped at the place to carry out rescue operation, the DIG said. (AGENCIES)
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