Last Updated: October 29, 2022, 20:00 IST
Some people rushed to help the trapped driver, during which fresh landslides fell through, trapping several others (Image: News18)
Union Minister Jitendra Singh spoke on the landslide incident and said the rescue team of about 6 people also got trapped.
A landslide hit a mega power project site in Jammu and Kashmir’s Kishtwar on Saturday trapping several people, including the JCB driver under the debris. Apart from the driver, four others are feared trapped at the power project site named Ratle Darabshalla.
Some people rushed to help the trapped driver, during which fresh landslides fell through, trapping several others. Rescue operation is underway and Police has rushed to the spot.
Union Minister Jitendra Singh spoke on the landslide incident and said the rescue team of about 6 people also got trapped. “Spoke to DC Kishtwar,J&K on receiving report of a fatal landslide at the site of under-construction Ratle Power Project. JCB driver unfortunately died. Rescue team of about 6 persons, deputed to site after the incident, has also got trapped under the debris,” he told ANI.
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