1 killed, 12 hurt in Gangotri highway landslide

11 months ago 15

landslide

hit several vehicles on

Gangotri highway

near Dabrani area in

Uttarkashi

around noon on Friday, killing one person and injuring 12 others .
One person is still missing. The landslide, possibly triggered by a

forest fire

, disrupted

traffic

and led to a rescue operation. Traffic on Gangotri highway was halted due to continuous rockfalls but was restored in the evening.
While the body of 18-year-old

Ankit Singh Panwar

from Sainj village, Uttarkashi, was recovered, search for Kamla Devi, a labourer from BRO, continued till late evening.
Teams from National Disaster Response Force (

NDRF

), State Disaster Response Force (SDRF), police, disaster management, and the health department reached the scene and rescued 12 injured people, mostly pilgrims and BRO labourers.

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