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Vaishno Devi landslide toll touches 34, rescue ops on
Hindustan Times Chandigarh
|August 28, 2025
25 more bodies recovered, say officials; 4 from Punjab among dead
The death toll in the Vaishno Devi landslide has gone up to 34 with rescuers pulling out more bodies from under the debris, officials said on Wednesday, a day after the disaster struck the route to the hilltop shrine in Jammu and Kashmir's Reasi district.
“Atleast 34 bodies have been recovered so far. Around 23 injured have been admitted to different hospitals,” officials said. Amid heavy rains, a massive landslide hit two sheds near Ardhkuwari en route the cave shrine on Tuesday around 3pm. While bodies of nine pilgrims were retrieved late Tuesday, 25 more were recovered on Wednesday taking the toll to 32.
Reasi SSP Paramvir Singh said, “Rescue operations are on and once they are over, we would be able to give exact toll figures”.
This story is from the August 28, 2025 edition of Hindustan Times Chandigarh.
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