At least nine people were killed and three injured in a landslide-related incident on the Sangla-Chitkul road in Himachal Pradesh's Kinnaur district on Sunday. Heavy rainfall triggered multiple landslides in the region, said officials.
As the result of one such landslide, boulders fell on a tempo traveller ferrying tourists from Chitkula to Sangla. The tempo traveller was carrying 11 individuals, including the driver. Another person who was on the road was also injured in the incident.
The incident was reported near Batseri on Sangla-Chitkul road around 1.25 pm.
While eight of the tourists died on the spot, another succumbed on the way to the hospital. The PMO has announced an ex-gratia of Rs 2 lakh each to the victims' next of kin and Rs 50,000 as financial aid for the injured