Srinagar: Eleven people were killed yesterday in avalanches and house collapses in different parts of Jammu and Kashmir, police said.
A senior police officer said that two soldiers were killed when an avalanche hit the Batra camp of the army in Kargil district early yesterday.
He said three Nepali labourers were also killed in another avalanche in Kaksar area of Kargil district. “The labourers were working in a stone quarry when the tragedy struck,” the officer said.
“Four members of a family were buried alive under another avalanche in Balsaran Danau Kandi Marg village in Kulgam district of the Kashmir Valley.”
The officer said their bodies have been recovered.
He said that another woman was killed in a house collapse in Qazigund area of Kulgam district during the night.
IANS
