Uttarkashi cloudburst: Two labourers killed, seven missing

(RNS, 29-06-25) Two construction workers were killed while seven went missing early Sunday after a landslide triggered by a cloudburst demolished their shelters along the Yamunotri National Highway in Uttarkashi district, officials said. Bodies of two missing labourers were recovered from the banks of the Yamuna river near Tiladi Shaheed Smarak, about 18 km from the place where the landslide occurred. Sub-Inspector Vikram Singh said.

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The bodies have been sent to Naugaon community health centre while the search for seven others continues, he said, adding the bodies have not been identified yet.

The labourers, who are said to be of Nepali origin, were engaged in the construction of a hotel. District Magistrate Prashant Arya said the landslide occurred at Silai bend about 4 km ahead of Paligad, Uttarkashi.

The labourers were engaged in the construction of a hotel, he said, adding a new landslide zone has developed close to the hotel. There were 29 labourers at the camp site below the hotel when the landslide occurred washing away around 10 metres of the highway.