At least seven labourers were killed, three others injured while another is missing in a landslide near the construction site of Char Dham all-weather road in Uttarakhand's Rudraprayag district Friday, police said. The incident took place in Ukhimath area near Banswada on the Rishikesh-Kedarnath national highway at around 12 pm, they said. Rudraprayag District Magistrate Mangesh Ghildiyal said the incident took place during the construction of a retaining wall. Seven bodies have been pulled out of the debris and efforts are on to trace the missing labourer, he said. State Congress president Pritam Singh demanded a high-level inquiry into the incident and compensation for the victims' families.

Source: dna December 21, 2018 18:20 UTC