Jammu and Kashmir: Landslides strike mega power project site in Kishtwar
One person is dead and several others are trapped under debris
29-10-2022 : In the Kishtwar region of Jammu and Kashmir, a landslide on Saturday claimed the life of one person while trapping five others in an area where workers were building a connection road close to a power project site, according to officials.
According to them, five other persons were hurt in the event that happened in the Ratle neighbourhood.
According to Kishtwar Deputy Commissioner (DC) Devansh Yadav, construction workers were working on a connection road near the Ratle power plant site when a large boulder fell and trapped them.
A rescue operation was launched immediately and five people were pulled out from the debris and taken to the hospital. One person died in the incident, he said.
Five people are still feared trapped under the debris. Army, police and administration are carrying out the rescue operation, Yadav said.
Jitendra Singh, Union minister and MP from Jammu and Kashmir’s Udhampur, said that he spoke to Yadav after receiving a report on the landslide at the Ratle power project site.
“The JCB driver unfortunately died on the spot. The rescue team of about six persons, deputed to that the site after the incident, has also got unfortunately trapped under the debris,” Singh said in a tweet.
All efforts are being made to rescue those trapped, he said.
“Further assistance, as required, (is) being provided. I am in constant touch with the district administration,” he said.
