7 people die in house collapse due to landslide in Udhampur

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Press Trust of India Jammu
Last Updated : Sep 06 2014 | 12:20 PM IST
Seven people were killed and a woman was seriously injured in two separate incidents of house collapse due to landslide triggered by heavy rains in Udhampur district of Jammu and Kashmir.
Seven people have died and one woman critically injured in two incidents of house collapse in Udhampur district today, DIG, Udhampur-Reasi range, Gareeb Dass told PTI.
In the first incident, five members were killed and two went missing when a house collapsed in Rakha Jaganoo area of Ramnagar teshil in Udhampur district, he said, adding two missing are being traced as five bodies have been recovered.
In the second incident, two children died and their mother was critically injured when their house collapsed in Rakh batla belt in Udhampur today, Dass said.
The injured have been hospitalised, he said.
Hundreds of people in migrant colonies have been shifted to safer places after the area was flooded due to heavy downpour.
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First Published: Sep 06 2014 | 12:20 PM IST

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