Pithoragarh, September 3
Seven Nepalese labourers were killed in a landslide that occurred during the construction of a road at Pambabe, Darma valley, in this district of Uttarakhand last evening. Seven injured were admitted to a Dharchula hospital.

The bodies of three labourers were extricated from the debris today.

The landslide occurred after a boulder slid from a hill during drilling at a road site at New Sobla Tedang in the Darma valley, said AS Takwale, SP, Pithoragarh.

The heavy rain at Ghansali in Tehri Garhwal district of Uttarakhand, which started on Sunday evening and continued throughout the night, wreaked havoc in the area, as swollen rivulets washed away eight footbridges, several watermills and damaged fields.

“More than 55 mm of rainfall has been recorded in the area last night,” said Dr Anand Sharma, Director, Indian Meteorological Department.

A team of district officials has rushed to the affected far-flung areas of the district to assess the damage.