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Rescuers search for missing pilgrims after north India landslide
Rescuers were searching for missing pilgrims on Friday after a landslide in a northern Indian state crushed some shops on a hilly pathway and washed away structures into a river below, officials said.
The incident occurred Thursday night after part of a hill broke apart amid heavy rains in Gaurikund area of the
mountainous Uttarakhand state, said Nandan Singh Rajwar, a disaster management official.
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At least 12 to 13 people, who were on the trek route to the Kedarnath temple – a holy site for Hindus – could be missing, Rajwar added.
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