At least 48 people were killed in Himachal Pradesh, seven of them buried under the rubble of a temple in Shimla as rains wreaked havoc in the state, triggering landslides that blocked key roads and brought down houses, officials said on Monday.
More people are feared trapped under the debris of the Shiv temple in Shimla’s Summer Hill area. The shrine was crowded with devotees, offering prayers on an important day of the Sawan period.
This was one of the two landslides reported from the state capital which is still witnessing intense rain.
In a second landslide here, five bodies have been pulled out of the rubble in Fagli area while 17 people were rescued, Shimla SP Sanjeev Kumar Gandhi told PTI.
