A landslip in Uttarakhand's Chamoli district killed an employee of a construction firm engaged in road widening work on Badrinath highway as part of an all weather road project on Thursday.
Lakshmi Prasad, 52, was killed after being hit by the debris of a landslip falling from a hillside near Baidanu on Badrinath highway, an official at Karnaprayag police station said.
Road widening work under all weather road project was going on along the highway when the incident occurred, he said.
Prasad belonged to Hillways Construction Company and was deputed to control traffic in the area, the official said.
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