At least nine labourers are missing after a cloudburst triggered a landslide in Uttarakhand’s Uttarkashi district on Sunday, June 29.
The cloudburst washed away a labourers’ campsite, where 19 workers were staying, near an under-construction hotel in the Silai area along the Yamunotri National Highway, officials said. While 10 workers were rescued, nine went missing.
A senior official said they received information about the incident around 3 am.
Multiple teams of the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF), its state counterpart, SDRF, and the police are involved in the rescue operations.
The Char Dham Yatra in Uttarakhand has been postponed for a day in light of heavy rainfall.
