Pithoragarh (Uttarakhand), Oct 8 (PTI) More than seven people are feared dead after their vehicle was hit by a landslide here on Sunday, officials said.
The incident occurred at Thakti on the Kailash Mansarovar road in Dharchula subdivision, they said.
Sub-Divisional Magistrate, Dharchula, Divesh Shashni said the vehicle coming from Bundi met with the accident around 2 pm. He said the car was buried under the rubble of the landslide.
More than seven people are said to have been in the vehicle at the time, Shashni said, quoting eyewitnesses.
A search operation by the State Disaster Response Force, police, Indo Tibetan Border Police, and the Army is underway, the SDM added. PTI COR ALM IJT
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