NEW DELHI: At least two people were killed and six others injured on Monday when a landslide struck the Kedarnath national highway, officials said. The accident occurred at 7:34 am near Munkatiya, between Sonprayag and Gaurikund.
Debris, including rocks and boulders, tumbled from a hillside at Munkatiya on Monday, hitting a vehicle passing by and killing two passengers on the spot, said Rudraprayag district disaster management officer Nandan Singh Rajwar.
Six others traveling in the vehicle were injured, two critically. They were rushed to a government hospital in Sonprayag, with the two seriously injured referred to a higher medical centre.
The deceased have been identified as Rita (30) and Chandra Singh (68) from Barkot in Uttarkashi district.
The injured include Mohit Chauhan, Naveen Singh Rawat, Pratibha, Mamata, Rajeshwari, and Pankaj, all also from Uttarkashi.
Heavy rainfall in Uttarakhand has been claiming lives almost daily. On Sunday, two people were killed in separate rain-related incidents in Tehri and Pithoragarh districts. Earlier, on August 29, heavy rains and cloudbursts triggered landslides in various districts, killing six people and leaving 11 missing.
Chamoli, Rudraprayag, Tehri, and Bageshwar districts have borne the brunt of this monsoon season, following the Tharali disaster on August 23, which killed one woman and left another missing.
The state had already faced massive devastation on August 5, when flash floods in the Kheer Ganga River demolished nearly half of Dharali, a key stopover on the Gangotri route. An army camp in nearby Harsil was also affected, with 69 people still missing.
Uttarakhand continues to be severely impacted by natural calamities this monsoon season.
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