Rescue operations are part of a confirmatory search since more people were suspected trapped under the debris, as the buses were carrying more than 60 passengers. Photo: ReutersNew Delhi: The death toll in Himachal Pradesh’s Mandi region, where two passenger buses were hit by landslides on Sunday morning, has now reached 48. Rescue operations were temporarily stalled on Sunday night, but resumed early Monday morning, a National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) official said. Last year, more than 30 people were killed after heavy rain and landslides hit Uttarakhand’s Pithoragrah district. The NDRF added that in addition to 10 of its rescue teams, which had already been deployed in Bihar, four more teams had been moved from Odisha’s Bhubaneshwar to Purnia for flood rescue operations.

Source: Mint August 14, 2017 05:26 UTC