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Himachal Pradesh: Landslide Leaves 8 Injured In Kangra, Flood Hits Villages Of Kinnaur District

According to the Kangra district emergency operations centre, the landslide occurred at a construction site near a f🌺lour mill around 9 am on Tuesday. The cloudburst occurredꦜ on Monday evening in Chango and Shalkhar villages around 7 pm.

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Eight people were inju⛦red in a landslide in Himachal Pradesh's Kangra district on Tuesday morning, the state disaster management authorit❀y said.

According to the Kangra distri🃏ct emergency operations centre, the landslide occurred at a construction site near a flour mill around 9 am, s💦tate disaster management director Sudesh Mokhta said.

The injured have been identified as Sahdev (21) and his brother Vasudev (30), Rajꦫeev Kumar (19), Gaurav (20), Dev Narayan (40), and Jagat (42) -- all from Wes♏t Bengal -- Neetu (24) from Uttar Pradesh and Vinay Kumar (44) from Kangra district, he said.

They have been admitted to Tanda Medicaꦯl College, Moജkhta added. 

Besides the landlslide, a cloudburst over the India-Tibet border has flooded a few villages in Himachal Prad𒊎esh's Kinnaur district but no loss of life was reported, offici🐓als said on Tuesday.

The cloudburst occurred on Monday evening in Chango and Shalkhar villages around 7 pm on Monday arou﷽nd 7 pm damaging a small bridge, a cr♒ematorium and several orchards, state disaster management director Sudesh Mokhta said.

With the canals overflowing, muddy water entered sever🐼al houses and fields in Shala🔜khar and adjoining villages, officials added. 

Mokhta said the final e🧜stimate of loss in both the villages will be done after getting field 𝓰reports.