Kinnaur Landslide: 13 Bodies Recovered While 14 Rescued Safely, Many Still Trapped. Rescue Ops Resume

A car under the debris after a landslide on the Reckong Peo-Shimla Highway in Kinnaur district, Wednesday, Aug 11, 2021. (PTI Photo)

As rescue operation resumed early on Thursday, three more bodies were recovered from the landslide site in Himachal Pradesh's Kinnaur district raising the death toll to 13. (Picture Courtesy: PTI)

State Disaster Management Director Sudesh Kumar Mokhta informed tha the three bodies recovered this morning are from the Himachal Road Transport Corporation bus, which, along with other vehicles, was buried under the debris yesterday. The bus was found in a badly damaged condition and a Bolero still lies buried under the rubble. (Picture Courtesy: PTI)

14 people have been rescued so far with injuries. Several others are still feared buried under the debris. Eight of the dead were found trapped in a Tata Sumo taxi during the search and rescue operation on Wednesday. (Picture Courtesy: PTI)

The HRTC bus, which had been on its way from Reckong Peo to Haridwar via Shimla, was hit by the boulders after a landslide around Wednesday noon near Chaura village on national highway-5 in Nigulsari area of Nichar tehsil. (Picture Courtesy: PTI)

The rescue work, being carried out jointly by the NDRF, the ITBP and the members of local police and home guards, resumed at 6 am on Thursday. The authorities had suspended the operation on Wednesday at around 10 pm. (Picture Courtesy: PTI)