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Shimla: At least nine tourists were killed and three injured after boulders rolled downhill in Kinnaur district following a landslide, resulting in a bridge collapse. Rescue operations are underway. The incident was caught on camera where large chunks of rocks could be seen rolling down into the valley below. Teams of ITBP have been pressed into service to conduct the relief and rescue opeartions .

Prime Minister Narendra Modi Sunday expressed condolences over the death of people due to landslides in Himachal Pradesh’s Kinnaur and said all arrangements are being made for the treatment of those injured.

It is a very painful incident, Modi said and also announced an ex gratia of Rs 2 lakh each for the next of the kin of the deceased and Rs 50,000 to the injured from the Prime Minister's National Relief Fund.

PM Narendra modi Tweeted
An ex-gratia of Rs. 2 lakh each from PMNRF would be given to the next of kin of those who lost their lives in an accident in Kinnaur, Himachal Pradesh. Rs. 50,000 would be given to the injured

9 Died and Several Injured . Om Shanti @VisumExpresso pic.twitter.com/UniaKrdfux

— Siju Kuriyedam Sreekumar (@sijusreekumar) July 25, 2021

Boulders Roll Down Hill Due to Landslide in Kinnaur; Nine Killed, Three Injured @VisumExpresso pic.twitter.com/Pk0XSB7zo7

— Siju Kuriyedam Sreekumar (@sijusreekumar) July 25, 2021