Excelsior Correspondent
Srinagar, July 17: Two residential houses and at least 16 shops were today damaged in a landslide in Kangan tehsil of central Kashmir’s Ganderbal district.
Officials said that the landslide was reported along Srinagar-Leh highway near Bunibagh, Kangan-which is on some distance from the main market of Kangan.
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Due to the landslide the road got blocked, resulting in the suspension of the traffic and the residential and commercial structures were damaged.
Soon after the incident which took place early in the morning, the police and civil administration including Deputy Commissioner Ganderbal, SDM Kangan, SDPO Kangan, and SHO Kangan reached the spot to assess the situation.
It was confirmed that the residential houses that were damaged due to the landslide belongs to Ghulam Hassan Mir, S/O Ghulam Muhammad, R/O Banibagh, Kangan while as shops-which is basically a shopping complex-belongs to Ali Mohammad Mir.
The officials were assessing further damages at the spot of a landslide when the report was filed.
The officials said that there are chances of few vehicles having come under the landslide; however, they said that there was no loss of human lives.
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