KOTRUPI (HIMACHAL PRADESH): As strange as this may sound, Kotrupi village in Mandi has been affected by three landslides in the last 40 years. All of them have occurred on the same day - August 13This village saw its first major landslide in 1977. It struck again in 2007 and now it has destroyed homes and lives in 2017. Former panchayat pradhan of Urla village, Tek Singh, said people in the vilage still remember the landslide of 1997. Ramesh Singh, another villager, said this was just a coincidence, but the government should ensure that there are protections against landslides in the future.

Source: Times of India August 14, 2017 21:12 UTC