2 workers buried alive after landslide in Uttarakhand

A pokland machine operator and his helper were killed in a landslide on Rishikesh-Chamba-Gangotri national highway, police said on Thursday. The landslide occurred on Wednesday evening during the construction of an all-weather road with the debris falling from the hillside burying the pokland operator and the helper alive, Chamba SHO Sundaram Sharma said.

The bodies were pulled out of the rubble after three hours of struggle, he said. The deceased were identified as Ajay Kumar, 25, and Aman, 24, both residents of Vaishali district of Bihar.

(With inputs from agencies.)