Several dead, dozens trapped after landslide in India’s Himalayas

More than 200 personnel are working to find survivors after boulders tumbled onto a major highway, Indian officials say.

A landslide in the mountainous Indian state of Himachal Pradesh has killed at least 10 people, injured 14 and left dozens trapped after boulders tumbled onto a major highway, smashing and burying several vehicles, Indian officials have said. A statement on Wednesday from Himachal Pradesh chief minister Jairam Thakur’s office said “about 60 people are feared to be buried under the debris”. Those that are still trapped include passengers that are inside a bus stuck under the debris, Vivek Kumar Pandey, a spokesman for the paramilitary Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP), told the Reuters news agency.