1 killed, several injured in J&K landslides
Around four to five people remained trapped under the debris, a source said, adding that efforts were on to rescue them.
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Kishtwar: Rescue operation underway after a landslide at Ratle Power Project site in Kishtwar district, Saturday, Oct. 29, 2022. At least one person was killed and five are feared trapped, according to officials. (PTI Photo)A JCB operator was killed and around half-a-dozen people were injured on Saturday following landslides at an under-construction hydroelectric project at Drabshalla in Kishtwar district of Jammu and Kashmir. Rescue operations are underway and four-five people remain trapped, officials said.
Sources said that at around 5 pm, the JCB operator was clearing the road at the site of the project — the 850 mega watt Ratle Hydroelectric Project on the river Chenab — after some boulders had fallen on the road from a hill. Then, a landslide occurred, trapping the JCB and its driver under debris.
Others at the project site, as well as some police personnel from a nearby police station rushed to spot. However, several of them were also trapped when another landslide hit the spot.
More rescuers and local residents then arrived and pulled out seven people, including a police constable, from under the debris and rushed them to hospital, where the JCB driver was declared dead.
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