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A pilgrim died when a vehicle in which they were travelling was hit by a boulder after a landslide in Uttarakhand's Chamoli district on Tuesday.
Gopeshwar (U'khand): A pilgrim died when a vehicle in which they were travelling was hit by a boulder after a landslide in Uttarakhand's Chamoli district on Tuesday.
Uttarakhand: Seven passengers dead & several feared trapped after a boulder fell on their bus at Lambagad slide zone on Badrinath Highway in Chamoli district earlier today. Police team is present at the spot. Rescue operation is underway. pic.twitter.com/ax7SslxbDs
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Eleven people were in the vehicle that was going to the Badrinath pilgrimage site. It was hit by a boulder falling from the hillside after a landslide, official sources said.
Three pilgrims have been rescued and efforts are on to extricate the rest, the sources added.(PTI)
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