Seven persons died, three were injured and one is missing following landslide during road cutting work on the national highway 107 in Rudraprayag district on Friday afternoon. According to sources, the landslide occurred during road-cutting work for the all-weather road project in the district, which has once again elicited focus on the serious concerns raised by locals, activists and members of the scientific fraternity about the disastrous effects of “unscientific and impractical” aspects of the project.Governor Baby Rani Maurya and Chief Minister Trivendra Singh Rawat expressed grief at the deaths in the mishap. On the directions of the CM, two seriously injured persons were airlifted by helicopter to the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) in Rishikesh.