Seven labourers were killed, three injured and one is missing following landslide during work on the all weather-road project on national highway 107 in Rudraprayag district on Friday afternoon.
According to information from the district emergency operation centre, at about 12:15 PM, roadworks were underway on the stretch of national highway 107 between Bhiri and Banswada in Ukhimath block of Rudraprayag district.
At that time, debris from the mountainside collapsing due to road-cutting work the labourers were buried under the debris.
Of the total 11 persons reportedly affected in the mishap, seven died, one was missing, two were seriously injured and one sustained non-critical injuries.
All the labourers were natives of Jammu region of Jammu and Kashmir. The district magistrate and superintendent of police along with State Disaster Response Force and other departmental personnel concerned reached the site to conduct rescue and relief work.
Meanwhile, the Governor Baby Rani Maurya and Chief Minister Trivendra Singh Rawat expressed grief at the deaths caused by the mishap. On the instructions of the Chief Minister, the State’s Civil Aviation secretary Dilip Jawalkar immediately sent a helicopter to the spot.
The two seriously injured workers were airlifted to All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) in Rishikesh for treatment.