150 stranded tourist in HP's Kangra district rescued

Around 150 tourist who were stranded at a paragliding site in Himachal Pradesh's Baijnath sub-division of Kangra district following a landslide, have been rescued, an official spokesperson said.

The tourist were stranded at at Bir-Billing after a landslide on Sunday night, he said.

The rescue work continued till 3 pm today. The tourists were rescued and taken to safer places under the supervision of Baijnath sub-divisional magistrate Vikas Shukla, the spokesperson said.