Tag: Landslide

Dehradun: Heavy rains have disrupted the annual Badrinath and Kailash Mansarovar pilgrimage in Uttarakhand as routes have been blocked at many places due to landslides, an official said on Saturday. The Badrinath highway has been shut at the Lambagad area in Chamoli district. The 14th group of pilgrims to the Kailash Mansarovar Yatra has been […]

Dhaka: The deaths in devastating landslides triggered by heavy rains in southeast Bangladesh rose to 125, an official said on Wednesday. Heavy rains since Monday morning swept through Bangladesh’s three southeastern districts — Chittagong, Bandarban and Rangamati — and triggered huge landslides early on Tuesday and damaged hundreds of homes, Xinhua news agency reported. Disaster Management […]

At least 55 have been killed in several landslides that hit Taplejung district in northeastern Nepal on Wednesday night and Thursday morning, media reported

Jammu: One person was killed and three others injured on Sunday in a landslide in Jammu and Kashmir’s Ramban district, police said. A landslide hit the Khari-Mahoo road in Khari tehsil of the district in the morning, police said. Landslides and treacherous road conditions in this mountainous district often result in casualties both on the […]

Koraput: At least three persons including two women died in a landslide today at Karanjiguda hill near Dalpatiguda village under Pottangi Police limits of Koraput district. According to sources, as many as 10 persons had gone to the spot to mine sandstone and while digging the earth, a landslide was triggered burying five of them […]

Keonjhar: Three labourers engaged in soil mining lost their lives in a landslide at Tulasichaura village of Keonjhar district today. As per reports, a portion of the earth caved in when the labourers were loading soil in a tractor as a result of which 3 labourers were buried alive and another woman suffered critical injuries. […]

Talcher: At least one worker was killed while nine others were injured following a landslide at the open cast mine of Mahanadi Coalfields Ltd (MCL) in Bharatpur last night. Sources said, three workers are still suspected to be trapped under the debris following a landslide due to the blasting for coal exploration at the site. […]

Yangon: At least 13 people were killed by a massive landslide which hit a jade minde in Hpakant township, Myanmar’s northernmost Kachin state on Sunday, a local official said. The incident occurred as the cliff wall at a suspended jade mine near Kayin Chaung village in Hpakant collapsed, killing company staff and security personnel at […]

Bhubaneswar: Coal production and supply from Talcher Coalfields of Mahanadi Coal Fields Limited (MCL) remained paralysed for the 10th consecutive day on Friday, resulting in over Rs 280 crore loss to the company and the exchequers of the state and the Centre. The agitation by the locals following the Bharatpur Open Cast Project (OCP) accident […]

Talcher: Two weeks after the landslide at the open cast mine of Mahanadi Coalfields Limited (MCL) in Bharatpur of Talcher on July 23, a rescue team today retrieved another unidentified body from the debris. Though bodies of three labourers were pulled out of the rubble following the landslide, whereabouts of a missing security guard Ramesh […]

Yangon: At least 33 people were killed in a landslide that buried several houses in a Myanmar town, officials said on Saturday. The tragedy occurred on Friday in the town of Paung, in Mon state, Efe news reported citing officials. The landslide was caused by heavy rains that have plagued the region for days and […]

Koraput: At least three women were killed and another suffered critical wounds after rain triggered a landslide when they were collecting white soil in Koraput district on Friday. The mishap…

Silchar: At least 20 people, including three children, were killed in three separate landslides in southern Assam on Tuesday, officials said. According to the district administration officials, among the dead seven each were reported from each in Cachar and Hailakandi, and six from Karimganj. Several others were also injured. Officials said that in Cachar district’s […]

Thiruvananthapuram: At least eight persons were killed and around 60 others reported missing after a landslide at Rajamalai in Idukki district due to heavy rain for the past four days in the hilly area, an official said on Friday. The place where the tragedy took place late on Thursday night is about 30 km from […]

Ganjam: The deep depression that has caused massive damage with incessant rainfall and flooding in Andhra Pradesh and Telangana has also left its trail of destruction in villages of southern Odisha districts. Ankuli and Buratal village in Ganjam district which once witnessed severe damage due to Titli cyclone in 2018 have once again experienced the […]